1. The connection between “whiteness” and racism that Ruth Gilmore speaks about is that how racism is built into our capitalistic society, it’s more about the system being built for a specific group of race (whites). She states that capitalism won’t stop being racial capitalism if all the white people disappear, capitalism requires inequality and racism embeds it. Whiteness and racism is connected due to the historical factors to justify the treatment of people who weren’t white.
  2. According to Gilmore the criminals are actually being created by the criminal justice system. There has to be a steady stream of criminals, there has to be a bigger group with longer sentences and other factors such as behaviours to get them to stay in jail longer, which can perpetuate itself. This is a way to get new criminals from the prison system from reentry from different factors. I do not agree with her, I believe there are other factors on why people are kept in jail and go to jail. 
  3. At the end of the video she talks about liberation struggle, from what I understand is that there’s a struggle of peoples needs. The needs are being from housing and resources to have better opportunities. She wants a future where there’s a long term stability for people to feel safe and for her liberation means there’s a change instead of having these systems that keeps people unequal but should be uplifting from strong community schools, improving the justice system.

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