Atlanta Indymedia: Schools to Prison Pipeline

On the occasion of an Obama presidency, we, as a nation, have an opportunity to examine with uncommon clarity where pockets of racism remain, and what it will take to clean them up. This week Indymedia Presents features a piece done for the Atlanta Indymedia Center by Gary Cameron. He interviews Benetta M Standly of the Georgia ACLU, who tells us about the "Schools to Prison Pipeline" in Georgia, and shows us an actual cog in the mechanism of racism. She describes a situation where alternative schools are used to ease kids of color right into jail. The Georgia ACLU studied it, organized a campaign, and launched their suit. Over time the front lines have shifted in the battle against racism, but they have always been there somewhere. This week we take you to one place where the trenches are today, courtesy of the Atlanta IMC. "Indymedia Presents" is a 28 minute weekly cable public access program produced on behalf of the Seattle Independent Media Center (IMC) by PepperSpray Productions. "Indymedia Presents" airs in Seattle on Wednesdays at 8:30 pm. In addition to SCAN Channel 77 in Seattle, "Indymedia Presents" also airs on channels in greater King County (Channel 23), Bainbridge Island (Channel 12), Port Townsend, WA (Channel 97 & 98), Olympia, WA (Channel 22), Tucson, AZ (Channel 73), St Paul, MN (Channel 15), Minneapolis, MN (Channel 17), Fort Wayne, IN (Channel 57), Philadelphia, PA (Channels 54 & 62), Brooklyn, NY (Channel 34 & 67) and on New York City's Manhattan Neighborhood Network, (Channel 34). For more info, please visit: www.peppersprayproductions.org

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Blip | January 22, 2009

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