{"id":12337,"date":"2025-12-14T00:11:50","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T05:11:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/pol-100-0501-fall-2025-introduction-to-american-government\/?p=12337"},"modified":"2025-12-14T00:12:01","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T05:12:01","slug":"katherine-hernandez-discussion-post-14-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/pol-100-0501-fall-2025-introduction-to-american-government\/2025\/12\/14\/katherine-hernandez-discussion-post-14-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Katherine Hernandez &#8211; Discussion Post 14.1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em><strong>What\u2019s the connection between \u201cwhiteness\u201d and racism, do you think?<\/strong><\/em><br>Ruth Gilmore says racism isn\u2019t just about personal prejudice it\u2019s built into how society works. Capitalism depends on inequality, and racism is a way to keep that inequality in place. Whiteness isn\u2019t just about being white, it\u2019s about having advantages that the system gives. That\u2019s why she says capitalism would still be racial even if white people weren\u2019t part of it. As long as the system needs inequality, it will keep creating racial divides. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong> 2<\/strong><strong>. <\/strong><em><strong>According to Gilmore, how does that happen, how does the prison system create new \u201ccriminals\u201c? Do you agree with her view?<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0<br>Gilmore argues that prisons actually help create criminals instead of just punishing crime. The system needs people to label as criminals, so it keeps expanding laws, giving longer sentences, and making it hard for people to return to a normal life after imprisonment. Barriers to jobs, housing, and community support push people back into the system. I agree with her because the system focuses on punishment instead of solving the problems that lead to crime to begin with. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>3.<\/strong><em><strong> Describe how you understand what Prof. Gilmore calls \u201cliberation struggle<\/strong>.<\/em><br>Liberation struggle is about people in communities working together to solve problems where they live. It starts with real needs, like protecting homes, and grows as people learn together about history, racism, and society. It\u2019s not just protesting it\u2019s building knowledge, support, and solidarity. Gilmore believes,  it\u2019s about depending on each other and creating a community that cares for people instead of just punishing them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2. According to Gilmore, how does that happen, how does the prison system create new \u201ccriminals\u201c? Do you agree with her view?\u00a0Gilmore argues that prisons actually help create criminals instead of just punishing crime. The system needs people to label as criminals, so it keeps expanding laws, giving longer sentences, and making it hard for&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11012,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"portfolio_post_id":0,"portfolio_citation":"","portfolio_annotation":"","openlab_post_visibility":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-discussion-board-14-1"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/pol-100-0501-fall-2025-introduction-to-american-government\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/pol-100-0501-fall-2025-introduction-to-american-government\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/pol-100-0501-fall-2025-introduction-to-american-government\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/pol-100-0501-fall-2025-introduction-to-american-government\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11012"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/pol-100-0501-fall-2025-introduction-to-american-government\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12337"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/pol-100-0501-fall-2025-introduction-to-american-government\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12337\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12338,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/pol-100-0501-fall-2025-introduction-to-american-government\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12337\/revisions\/12338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/pol-100-0501-fall-2025-introduction-to-american-government\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/pol-100-0501-fall-2025-introduction-to-american-government\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/pol-100-0501-fall-2025-introduction-to-american-government\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}