Are the scales balancing?
Benita Blocker, Visionary
Initially, I was going to write about the prison system, and then God revealed to me a stronger revelation. These times (2019) are bigger than the prison system. The "Klan," the "Invisible Empire," The "Organization," the System of White Supremacy is in its final stages of takeover. The key points of enslavement was and still are lack of land, lack of education, families broken apart, and total control.
Land
Slaves never did get their 40 acres and a mule. Upon being freed from slavery, everyone had to have some land to build or people had to rent living space on someone else's land. Well, homeownership and rental rates through the 1990's were reasonable. Now, in 2019, Black landowners are selling their property for six figures or less, and multi-million dollar complexes are being built in their place. Blacks who are trying to maintain ownership of their land that may be paid in full are finding that the tax value is becoming too high to pay annually. Owning land and retaining land is becoming out of reach. Working two full time jobs in order to maintain a roof over one's head will lead to an early death.Education
When some public school systems took cursive writing and/or grammar out of the curriculum, it began to add to illiteracy. Some youth can not read nor write in curvise. The cost to achieve a college degree in 2019 is the cost of a house without a guarantee of a job to repay it. Many jobs are not even requiring more than a high school diploma, and the likelihood of future promotion will be limited without a college degree.
In addition, some youth are dropping out of school to help contribute the household expenses. Unfortunately, contributing to the household may lead to falling for "fast money" methods.
Gangs
Because I have not been in a gang, I don't understand everything about it. However, drug trafficking and illegal activity is often associated with gang membership. "Fast money" is often associated with illegal activity. Fast money activities often make for repeat business for attorneys which lead to promotions to district attorney, judges, and positions in politics.
Street value versus Prison value
Drugs and illegal contraband are often sold at possibly ten times higher price inside a prison. So from a business perspective, more money is made off the sales inside the prison which means suppliers benefit from prison life. Judges, prison investors, prison vendors, lawyers, prison construction contracts,etc. all benefit from prison life.
Prison Life
Prison life is essentially "old fashioned" slavery. If someone is well connected with law enforcement, they just need a few people to bear false witness, and anyone can end up sentenced to prison over some phony charges. Excessive sentencing and stacking charges are additional methods to insure more money is added to "prison investor" pockets. Similar to slavery days, if one member of a family gets snatched then often they grab the whole family when the family comes looking for the family member. This is the same philosophy with the prisons now. Clothing, personal hygiene, communication and meals are not necessarily free. Families often have to supplement their incarcerated loved ones for food packages, clothing packages, communication fees, etc. through approved prison vendors. Prison vendors have a steady revenue flow. Most families have to deal with at least three different prison vendors to look out for their incarcerated loved one. If the family can not afford to look out for their loved one, the prison can provide necessities at a price that goes on the prison books as an outstanding debt. So by the time, a prisoner is released, they will more than likely have a prison bill to pay in addition to finding a job with a prison record.
White Supremacy
If you followed my train of thought thus far, then you see that our land ownership options are declining, our Education system is failing, and more prisons are constantly being built. Financially, only the "White Supremacist" will control everything if these chain of events continue. People who do have jobs and careers are still at the mercy of their employer. Employment limits your freedom of speech, etc. I am not against employment, but never lose sight of the enemy. The "Invisible Empire" is now visible based on the new laws taking away human rights, scandals on Capitol Hill, police brutality, and cover-ups.
Solutions?
Entrepreneurship, Block/Land ownership, United efforts, Don't be the "Uncle Tom," start giving a hand up. Start treating humans like they are human. Jesus did not require us to EARN everlasting life - it was a GIFT. Pay it forward.
