**Aquarius Otter** @aquarius · 2018-04-21T06:36:39Z

Aquarius Otter @aquarius

The eras of African-American mobility: Show more

* The end of chattel #slavery was the beginning of our geographical mobility.
* The end of #JimCrow was the beginning of our socio-political mobility, and a slight expansion of our geographical mobility.
* The end of #MassIncarceration may be the beginning of our economic mobility, and an expansion of the prior two.

I wonder if I should obsess as I do with what this country will look like after mass incarceration ends. I get anxious about it sometimes.

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**Aquarius Otter** @aquarius · Apr 21, 2018, 06:41

**Aquarius Otter** @aquarius · Apr 21, 2018, 06:41

Apr 21, 2018, 06:41

Aquarius Otter @aquarius

The eras of African-American mobility: Show more

I don't know what the United States will be like by the time mass incarceration ends, when cash bail is abolished, when cannabis possession is legal, when hard drugs are decriminalized, when civil asset forfeiture is curtailed, when police are forced to reach less for their guns and more for conflict resolution, and we abolish felony disenfranchisement, not to mention the death penalty and LWOP going the way of the dodo.

**Aquarius Otter** @aquarius · Apr 21, 2018, 07:08

**Aquarius Otter** @aquarius · Apr 21, 2018, 07:08

Apr 21, 2018, 07:08

Aquarius Otter @aquarius

The eras of African-American mobility: Show more

When this era ends, how will we react? How will it affect our education, our health, our jobs, our safety, our life expectancy?

**Aquarius Otter** @aquarius · Apr 21, 2018, 18:25

**Aquarius Otter** @aquarius · Apr 21, 2018, 18:25

Apr 21, 2018, 18:25

Aquarius Otter @aquarius

The eras of African-American mobility: Show more

That day when this era of mass incarceration is over, the same day that our fuller economic mobility in the USA will begin, will be the day when we can hold our heads higher than ever before, when we'll feel safer and more light on our feet, when we will not have to fear the state as much. It will change us just as much as it will change this country.