Jackie Wang
Jackie Wang is a poet, scholar, and multimedia artist known for her interdisciplinary work that explores dreams, race, and capitalism. She is an Assistant Professor of Culture and Media Studies at The New School and has published works like "Carceral Capitalism," which critiques the prison-industrial complex. Wang’s work often blends personal narrative with critical theory, establishing her as a powerful voice in contemporary social and cultural discourse.
Book summaries for books written by Jackie Wang
Quotes
Prisons are not just about locking people away; they’re about locking people into a particular social position.
The prison system is not a solution to crime, but a perpetuation of it.
Policing is not about safety or justice, but about social control and maintaining the status quo.
The prison-industrial complex profits from the exploitation and dehumanization of incarcerated individuals.
Capitalism and the prison system are intertwined, both serving to reinforce each other's oppressive structures.
Mass incarceration disproportionately affects marginalized communities, perpetuating systemic racism and classism.
The prison system thrives on the criminalization of poverty and the punishment of survival.
The prison system is a form of modern-day slavery, exploiting the labor of incarcerated individuals for profit.
Prisons do not rehabilitate; they further traumatize and marginalize individuals, perpetuating a cycle of violence.
The prison system devalues human life, treating individuals as disposable commodities.
The war on drugs is a thinly veiled war on communities of color, used as a tool for social control.
The prison system perpetuates a cycle of trauma and violence, leading to intergenerational harm.