DOCSLIB.ORG

Congressional Record United States Th of America PROCEEDINGS and DEBATES of the 105 CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Congressional Record United States Th of America PROCEEDINGS and DEBATES of the 105 CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION E PL UR UM IB N U U S Congressional Record United States th of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 105 CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION Vol. 144 WASHINGTON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1998 No. 144 House of Representatives The House met at 12:30 p.m. and was WASHINGTON, DC, nize Members from lists submitted by called to order by the Speaker pro tem- October 12, 1998. the majority and minority leaders for I hereby designate the Honorable EDWARD pore (Mr. PEASE). morning hour debates. The Chair will A. PEASE to act as Speaker pro tempore on alternate recognition between the par- this day. f NEWT GINGRICH, ties, with each party limited to 30 min- Speaker of the House of Representatives. utes, and each Member, except the ma- DESIGNATION OF SPEAKER PRO f jority leader, the minority leader, or TEMPORE the minority whip, limited to 5 min- MORNING HOUR DEBATES utes. The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- The Chair recognizes the gentleman fore the House the following commu- ant to the order of the House of Janu- from Pennsylvania (Mr. GOODLING) for nication from the Speaker: ary 21, 1997, the Chair will now recog- 5 minutes. N O T I C E If the 105th Congress adjourns sine die on or before October 14, 1998, a final issue of the Congressional Record for the 105th Congress will be published on October 28, 1998, in order to permit Members to revise and extend their remarks. All material for insertion must be signed by the Member and delivered to the respective offices of the Official Reporters of Debates (Room HT±60 or S±123 of the Capitol), Monday through Friday, between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. through October 27. The final issue will be dated October 28, 1998, and will be delivered on Thursday, October 29. If the 105th Congress does not adjourn until a later date in 1998, the final issue will be printed at a date to be an- nounced. None of the material printed in the final issue of the Congressional Record may contain subject matter, or relate to any event that occurred after the sine die date. Senators' statements should also be submitted electronically, either on a disk to accompany the signed statement, or by e-mail to the Official Reporters of Debates at ``Records@Reporters''. Members of the House of Representatives' statements may also be submitted electronically on a disk to accompany the signed statement and delivered to the Official Reporter's office in room HT±60. Members of Congress desiring to purchase reprints of material submitted for inclusion in the Congressional Record may do so by contacting the Congressional Printing Management Division, at the Government Printing Office, on 512±0224, be- tween the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. daily. By order of the Joint Committee on Printing. JOHN W. WARNER, Chairman. N O T I C E Effective January 1, 1999, the subscription price of the Congressional Record will be $325 per year, or $165 for 6 months. Individual issues may be purchased for $2.75 per copy. The cost for the microfiche edition will remain $141 per year; single copies will remain $1.50 per issue. This price increase is necessary based upon the cost of printing and distribu- tion. MICHAEL F. DiMARIO, Public Printer. b This symbol represents the time of day during the House proceedings, e.g., b 1407 is 2:07 p.m. Matter set in this typeface indicates words inserted or appended, rather than spoken, by a Member of the House on the floor. H10561 . H10562 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD Ð HOUSE October 12, 1998 ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF CONGRESS Forty percent of the excess cost. In rocketing with all the tragic con- REGARDING EDUCATION MATTERS other words, 40 percent of what it costs sequences down the road. Mr. GOODLING. Mr. Speaker, why to educate a special ed student beyond Then the insurance industry. They all the political rhetoric on education what it costs to educate a regular stu- provided quite a few jets that after- this past week? And to make sure ev- dent. Sometimes that is twice as ex- noon because they had a real big one erybody understands, the people back pensive, sometimes ten times as expen- they wanted to kill. Tens of millions of home understand, that is exactly what sive. Americans are in what are called it is, political rhetoric. But why all Well, let me show you what it would HMOs, health maintenance organiza- this political rhetoric in the last week mean to school districts if as a matter tions. What we found out about these about education? of fact they got their 40 percent. Mem- HMOs is that they save money by de- Well, I think there are probably four bers representing large cities should nying Americans and their families and reasons. First of all, it is a diversion- have been on this year after year after loved ones needed care. The insurance ary tactic. I think no one would deny year. The only person I could interest bureaucrats will deny your doctor, will that. I suppose I can understand it, ex- on the other side of the aisle over the deny you a referral to a specialist, so cept it bothers me that children are years was the gentleman from Michi- that they can fatten their bottom line. used in this diversionary tactic. gan (Mr. KILDEE), until about the last Tens of millions of Americans were Secondly, I imagine it has something year or two, and I have gotten some demanding patients' rights. Even the to do with polls. All the polls say edu- help from the gentleman from Wiscon- AMA weighed in. They wanted provid- cation is a sexy topic. But you want to sin (Mr. OBEY). ers' rights. The doctors are fed up with be careful. Yes, every parent, every Well, in the L.A. Unified School Dis- this too. They want to be able to refer grandparent, wants their child to have trict, the Los Angeles Unified School their patients for needed tests. But, a quality education. But when you look district, they spend $600 million each guess what? The insurance industry is at those polls and they ask the ques- year, each year, to fund the Federal 100 capable of delivering tens of millions of tion, who do you trust least to reform percent mandate on special education. dollars to the Republican leadership, public education at the elementary- $325 million of that has to come from and, behind closed doors, they decided secondary level, the answer is almost the local tax base. We send them $19 to kill that legislation. There will be unanimously the Federal Government. million. If we sent them 40 percent, no HMO insurance industry Patients Who do you distrust second, the state they would have an additional $60 mil- and Providers Bill of Rights in this government. And who do you most lion every year to reduce class size, to Congress because of special interest trust, it is local government, parents, repair buildings, to do all of those money. school boards, administrators, teachers things. More of this later on. Now, the chairman of the Committee on the local level. f on Rules rose the other day and said it I guess the third reason would be this does not matter that we didn't do HMO COMMENTS ON OUTPUT OF administration seems to like to micro- reform or anything about teenage CONGRESS manage elementary-secondary edu- smoking. It does not matter that we cation from Washington, D.C., the old The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under have not passed the education package top-down method, which, of course, has the Speaker's announced policy of Jan- to decrease class size, to increase the proved totally unsuccessful. uary 21, 1997, the gentleman from Or- number of teachers and rebuild our I guess the last reason is pride of au- egon (Mr. DEFAZIO) is recognized dur- crumbling schools, because we did one thorship. Every President I have served ing morning hour debates for 5 min- big thing in this Congress, we passed a with seems to want to be remembered utes. tax cut. as the education President. Mr. DEFAZIO. Mr. Speaker, well, Well, let us look at the statistics for So in order to do that, you cannot here it is. It is the 109th workday of the tax cut that was passed by the Re- fund existing programs that might be this Congress in Washington D.C. publican majority. The families earn- working well. You have to create new Thank God we were in session all week- ing less than $59,000, I hope they would old programs. In other words, you take end, although most Members of Con- all look at their tax return for this the old programs, give them a new gress have not been here. The leader- year, the 1997 tax year, and compare it name, and then say ``This is my pro- ship has not been evident. But that to the 1996 tax year and see how much gram.'' As I said at the White House brings the Congress up to a grand total the savings were. Those who got it, just last week, who gets credit is not of 109 days. about one family in five earning less important; the important thing is are Now, the average American holding than $59,000, they got $6. $6. Very gen- we doing something to help all children only one job, and I have a lot of Amer- erous of the Republican leadership.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • FREEDOM PRIMER No.L
    FREEDOM PRIMER No.l The Convention Challenge and The Freedom Vote THE CHALLENGE AT THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION What Was The Democratic National Convention? The Democratic National Convention was a big meeting held by the National Democratic Party at Atlantic City in August. People who represent the Party came to the Convention from every state in the country. They came to decide who would be the candidates of the Democratic Party for President and Vice-President of the United States in the election this year on November 3rd. They also came to decide what the Platform of the National Democratic Party would be. The Platform is a paper that says what the Party thinks should be done about things like Housing, Education, Welfare, and Civil Rights. Why Did The Freedom Democratic Party Go To The Convention? The Freedom Democratic Party (FDP) sent a delegation of 68 people to the Convention. These people wanted to represent you at the Convention. They said that they should be seated at the Convention instead of the people sent by the Regular Democratic Party of Mississippi. The Regular Democratic Party of Mississippi only has white people in it. But the Freedom Democratic Party is open to all people -- black and white. So the delegates from the Freedom Democratic Party told the Convention ±t was the real representative of all the people of Mississippi. How Was The Regular Democratic Party Delegation Chosen? The Regular Democratic Party of Mississippi also sent 68 -^ people to the Convention in Atlantic City. But these people were not chosen by all the people of Mississippi.
    [Show full text]
  • H.Doc. 108-224 Black Americans in Congress 1870-2007
    FORMER MEMBERS H 1929–1970 ������������������������������������������������������������������������ Augustus Freeman (Gus) Hawkins 1907–2007 UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE H 1963–1991 DEMOCRAT FROM CALIFORNIA ugustus F. Hawkins’s political career spanned 56 opened a real estate company with his brother Edward A years of public service in the California assembly and took classes at the University of California’s Institute and the U.S. House of Representatives. As the first black of Government. Newly interested in politics, Hawkins politician west of the Mississippi River elected to the supported the 1932 presidential bid of Franklin D. House, Hawkins guided countless pieces of legislation Roosevelt and the 1934 gubernatorial campaign of Upton aimed at improving the lives of minorities and the urban Sinclair, a famous muckraker and author of The Jungle.5 poor. More reserved than many other African-American Hawkins quickly converted his political awareness into a Representatives of the period, Hawkins worked behind career by defeating 16-year veteran Republican Frederick the scenes to accomplish his legislative goals. Known by Roberts to earn a spot in the California assembly, the lower his colleagues on the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) chamber of the state legislature. During the campaign, as the “Silent Warrior,” the longtime Representative Hawkins criticized Roberts for remaining in office too earned the respect of black leaders because of his long; ironically, the future Representative became known determination to tackle social issues like unemployment for the longevity of his public service. While serving in the and his commitment to securing equal educational state assembly, Hawkins married Pegga Adeline Smith on opportunities for impoverished Americans.1 “The August 28, 1945.
    [Show full text]
  • Illiteracy in America. Joint Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and Vocational Education Of
    DOCUMENT RESUME ED 268 496 CS 008 390 TITLE illiteracy in America. Joint Hearings before the Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and Vocational Education of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives and the Subcommittee on Education, Arts and fAumanities of the Committee on Labor and Human Resources, United States Senate, Ninety-Ninth Congress, First Session, August 1; October 1, 3, 1985. INSTITUTION Congress of the U.S., Washington, D.C. House Committee on Education and Labor.; Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and Vocational Education. PUB DATE 86 NOTE 244p.; Serial No. 99-61. Document contains small, marginally legible print. PUB TYPE Viewpaints (120) -- Legal/Legislative/Regulatory Materials (090) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC10 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Adult Literacy; *Community Role; Employer Attitudes; *Government Role; Hearings; *Illiteracy; *Literacy Education; Program Content; Program Development; Reading Instruction; *School Role; *Social Problems IDENTIFIERS Congress 99th; *United States ABSTRACT Consisting of testimony and prepared materials presented to a joint session of House and Senate subcommittees, this report deals with the problem of illiteracy in the United States. The report contains statements from Richard C. Anderson, director of the Center for the Study of Reading; Samuel L. Banks, president of the Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History, Inc.; Herman Brown, professor of psychology at the University of the District of Columbia; Thomas G. Sticht, president of Applied Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences, Inc.; Woodrow Evans, adult education student; David P. Gardner, president of the University of California; Jonathan Kozol, author; Donald A. McCune, California State Department of Education; Renee Poussaint, reporter and volunteer tutor; Mrs.
    [Show full text]
  • RESOLUTION NO. 12-114 WHEREAS, Dymally Was Born Amid Humble
    RESOLUTION NO. 12-114 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARSON, CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHING MAY 12 AS MERVYN DYMALLY DAY IN HONOR OF HIS CAREER AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PUBLIC SECTOR, AND THE COMMUNITIES HE REPRESENTED WHEREAS, Dymally was born amid humble beginnings in Cedros, Trinidad, British West Indies, on May 12, 1926; and WHEREAS, He received his secondary education at St. Benedict and Naparima Secondary School located in San Fernando, Trinidad and then became a reporter for a trade union publication. That led to his pursuit of collegiate journalism studies in the U.S.; and WHEREAS, He moved to the United States to study journalism at Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Missouri. After a semester there, he moved to the Los Angeles area to attend Chapman University, and completed a Bachelor of Arts in education at California State University, Los Angeles in 1954; and WHEREAS, Dymally soon became a teacher, a member of the Young Democratic Club, where he elected to represent at the state convention, and eventually met his mentor, the Honorable Augustus Hawkins; and WHEREAS, Dymally was married to his loving wife, Alice Gueno Dymally for 44 years; WHEREAS, Dymally has two wonderful children that he was most proud of; daughter Lynn and son Mark; and WHEREAS, Dymally was a true role model for generations of Californians, not least because of his barrier-breaking legacy as one of the first persons of color to serve at the state and federal levels of our great nation; and WHEREAS, Dymally was one of the first black men in
    [Show full text]
  • Congressional Record United States Th of America PROCEEDINGS and DEBATES of the 106 CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION
    E PL UR UM IB N U U S Congressional Record United States th of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 106 CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION Vol. 145 WASHINGTON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1999 No. 137 House of Representatives The House met at 12:30 p.m. and was Street in Phoenix, Arizona, as the ``Sandra the shot, it is not surprising that a called to order by the Speaker pro tem- Day O'Connor United States Courthouse.'' growing number of our Nation's Re- pore (Mrs. BIGGERT). The message also announced that serve, Guard and active duty members f pursuant to Public Law 105±277, the are choosing to leave the service rather Chair, on behalf of the Majority Lead- than take a potentially unsafe vaccine. DESIGNATION OF SPEAKER PRO er, announces the appointment of the The harmful effects this issue is having TEMPORE following individuals to serve as mem- on the readiness of our Nation's mili- The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- bers of the Parents Advisory Council tary is the driving force behind my ef- fore the House the following commu- on Youth Drug AbuseÐ forts to change the mandatory nature nication from the Speaker: Robert L. Maginnis, of Virginia (two- of the program. year term); and Recently the Washington Post fea- WASHINGTON, DC, tured an article about the overdue an- October 12, 1999. June Martin Milam, of Mississippi I hereby appoint the Honorable JUDY (Representative of a Non-Profit Organi- thrax inoculations intended for our re- BIGGERT to act as Speaker pro tempore on zation) (three-year term).
    [Show full text]
  • Congressional Record United States Th of America PROCEEDINGS and DEBATES of the 105 CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION
    E PL UR UM IB N U U S Congressional Record United States th of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 105 CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION Vol. 144 WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1998 No. 120 House of Representatives The House met at 9 a.m. S. 2071. An Act to extend a quarterly finan- be deemed to have been received in executive The Chaplain, Reverend James David cial report program administered by the Sec- session unless it is received in an open ses- Ford, D.D., offered the following pray- retary of Commerce. sion of the committee. f SEC. 4. Notwithstanding clause 2(e) of rule er: XI, access to executive-session material of With all the striving and energy that ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER the committee relating to the review shall we use to make our mark, we pray, Al- The SPEAKER. One minutes will be be restricted to members of the committee, mighty God, that we would also slow and to such employees of the committee as at the end of legislative business today. our pace and listen to Your still small may be designated by the chairman after voice that speaks to us in our hearts f consultation with the ranking minority and in our minds. Just as we learn to PROVIDING FOR DELIBERATIVE member. SEC. 5. Notwithstanding clause 2(g) of rule speak, so may we learn to listen; just REVIEW BY COMMITTEE ON THE XI, each meeting, hearing, or deposition of as we declare our ideas, so may we re- JUDICIARY OF COMMUNICATION the committee relating to the review shall flect on what others teach us; just as FROM INDEPENDENT COUNSEL be conducted in executive session unless oth- we hear the voices around us, so may Mr.
    [Show full text]
  • EXTENSIONS of REMARKS 22311 NOTICE CONCERNING NOMINATION James J
    July 11, 1977 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 22311 NOTICE CONCERNING NOMINATION James J. Gillespie, of Washington, to file with the committee, in writing, on or BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON be U.S. attorney for the eastern district before Monday, July 18, 1977, any rep­ THE JUDICIARY of Washington for the term of 4 years, resentations or objections they may wish Mr. EASTLAND. Mr. President, the vice Dean C. Smith, resigned. to present concerning the above nomina­ following nomination has been referred On behalf of the Committee on the tion with a further statement whether it to and is now pending before the Com­ Judiciary, notice is hereby given to all is their intention to appear at any hear­ mittee on the Judiciary: persons interested in this nomination to ing which may be scheduled. EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS MRS. JEANETTE WILLIAMS, WIFE by the drumbeat of a. new civil rights move­ make programing which is fully accessible ment of disabled people who have come to to deaf persons available. OF SENATOR WILLIAMS, GIVES Washington and to the State capitols to peti­ The responses of commercial and public EXCELLENT COMMENCEMENT AD­ tion the government for their long-overdue television stations ha.s been encouraging in DRESS basic rights. putting on interpreted news or captioned It ha.s brought people forward to speak news. out a.nd educate society a.s to what must be And in 1976, for the first time in history, HON. JENNINGS RANDOLPH done. the Presidential debates were given this type OF WEST VIRGINIA And today, the civil rights of those who of treatment.
    [Show full text]
  • Download the Transcript
    1 EDUCATION-2017/01/04 THE BROOKINGS INSTITUTION FALK AUDITORIUM EDUCATION POLICY AND THE FEDERAL ROLE UNDER THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION Washington, D.C. Wednesday, January 4, 2017 Introduction: MICHAEL HANSEN Senior Fellow and Director, Brown Center on Education Policy The Brookings Institution Overview of the Federal Role: DOUGLAS N. HARRIS Professor of Economics and Schleider Foundation Chair in Public Education, Tulane University Nonresident Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution Panel Discussion: MARTY WEST, Moderator Assistant Professor of Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education Nonresident Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution ARNE DUNCAN Former Secretary, U.S. Department of Education Nonresident Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution GERARD ROBINSON Resident Fellow, Education Policy Studies American Enterprise Institute LINDSAY FRYER Vice President Penn Hill Group * * * * * ANDERSON COURT REPORTING 706 Duke Street, Suite 100 Alexandria, VA 22314 Phone (703) 519-7180 Fax (703) 519-7190 2 EDUCATION-2017/01/04 P R O C E E D I N G S MR. HANSEN: Good afternoon, and Happy New Year! I’m Michael Hansen, senior fellow and director of the Brown Center on Education Policy here at The Brookings Institution. I welcome you here today to our discussion of the federal education policy under the Trump administration. This event that we’re holding today, it marks the culmination of the Brown Center’s series on “Memos to the President on the Future of K-12 Education Policy.” This project brought together a team of scholars and practitioners with expertise in a variety of topics in pre-K through 12 to write memos aimed at informing the incoming President on how to proceed based on the best evidence we have in this space.
    [Show full text]
  • Assembly~~~~~~~~~To Vot on Jols A
    I D)ebatiiig the endorsements are, from left, Jac:k Henniiig, Califo)ritia CO)PE Labor Cou'ncil; Jim Wood,, Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, and 11ead; Lee Finniey, SEIU Local 535; Rick Sawyer, Santa C:lara Cotunty C:entral Margaret Butz, Contra Costa County Central Labor Council. Endorses~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~StateCOPE The "'gang of five" dissident Democrats in the California Assembly have conditional AFL- I a~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CIO endorsements for the June 7 Primary Election. To retain labor's support, each of them will have to pledge to accept the decision of the majority of the !~~~~~~~~~~~~~m __ I Assembly Democratic caucus on thle slaie aw,-of. the Speaker both .. *- , - -i .- .;7 ,* I...,,,, ,,, - .1 '..-1: .-L '. .I.',.; } ., _ .: ,;,ll.;. :-.;;. .,. - --- .;. .W, of.. 7 W- - -.r-. -.-t- -Ir .,- - -: -.; ;.i -~~~i 7 7~'-' '7~~ r Alwl,1 ... '. "..- ... tollowi'ng the Nove'mb r elections. i W. 1-1- There was much discussion but no dissent concerning the condi- tions as delegates to the Pre- Primary Election Convention of Growers ~~AimP fa the California Committee on Politi- ^-k~~~~Naes Go cal Education (COPE) met yester- day at the Sheraton Palace Hotel in AtFarmWorkers'Allie~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~'1 San Francisco. bS verTop None of the representatives of The Coalition to Restore Safety AFL-CIO affiliates throughout the A right-wing political co'nsultant firm hired to have the right to lie to you if I think it willwlllhlpme at Work will file much more than state supported the five Assembly counter the success of the California table grape win. '' twice the number of signatures members in their challenge of boycott is mailing anlonymous pac'kets to unions in It gets even more curious.
    [Show full text]
  • H.Doc. 108-224 Black Americans in Congress 1870-2007
    Keeping the Faith: AFRICAN AMERICANS RETURN TO CONGRESS, 1929–1970 With his election to the U.S. House of Representatives from a Chicago district in 1928, Oscar De Priest of Illinois became the first African American to serve in Congress since George White of North Carolina left office in 1901 and the first elected from a northern state. But while De Priest’s victory symbolized renewed hope for African Americans struggling to regain a foothold in national politics, it was only the beginning of an arduous journey. The election of just a dozen more African Americans to Congress over the next 30 years was stark evidence of modern America’s pervasive segregation practices. The new generation of black lawmakers embarked on a long, methodical institutional apprenticeship on Capitol Hill. Until the mid- 1940s, only one black Representative served at any given time; no more than two served simultaneously until 1955. Arriving in Washington, black Members confronted a segregated institution in a segregated capital city. Institutional racism, at turns sharply overt and cleverly subtle, provided a pivotal point for these African-American Members— influencing their agendas, legislative styles, and standing within Congress. Pioneers such as Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., of New York, Charles C. Diggs, Jr., of Michigan, and Augustus (Gus) Hawkins of Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., of New York, a charismatic and determined civil rights proponent in the U.S. House, served as a symbol of black political activism for millions of African Americans. Image courtesy of Library of Congress California participated in the civil rights debates in Congress and helped shape fundamental laws such as the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
    [Show full text]
  • Who Locked Us Up? Examining the Social Meaning of Black Punitiveness Darren Lenard Hutchinson University of Florida Levin College of Law, [email protected]
    University of Florida Levin College of Law UF Law Scholarship Repository UF Law Faculty Publications Faculty Scholarship 6-2018 Who Locked Us Up? Examining the Social Meaning of Black Punitiveness Darren Lenard Hutchinson University of Florida Levin College of Law, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarship.law.ufl.edu/facultypub Part of the Criminal Law Commons, and the Law and Race Commons Recommended Citation Darren Lenard Hutchinson, Who Locked Us Up? Examining the Social Meaning of Black Punitiveness, 127 Yale L.J. 2388 (2018) This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Faculty Scholarship at UF Law Scholarship Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in UF Law Faculty Publications by an authorized administrator of UF Law Scholarship Repository. For more information, please contact [email protected]. DARREN LENARD HUTCHINSON Who Locked Us Up? Examining the Social Meaning of Black Punitiveness Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America BY JAMES FORMAN, JR. FARRAR, STRAUS AND GIROUX, 2017 abstract. Mass incarceration has received extensive analysis in scholarly and political de- bates. Beginning in the 1970s, states and the federal government adopted tougher sentencing and police practices that responded to rising punitive sentiment among the general public. Many schol- ars have argued that U.S. criminal law and enforcement subordinate people of color by denying them political, social, and economic well-being. The harmful and disparate racial impact of U.S. crime policy mirrors historical patterns that emerged during slavery, Reconstruction, and Jim Crow. In his Pulitzer Prize-winning book Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America, James Forman, Jr.
    [Show full text]
  • Who Locked Us Up? Examining the Social Meaning of Black Punitiveness
    DARREN LENARD HUTCHINSON Who Locked Us Up? Examining the Social Meaning of Black Punitiveness Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America BY JAMES FORMAN, JR. FARRAR, STRAUS AND GIROUX, 2017 abstract. Mass incarceration has received extensive analysis in scholarly and political de- bates. Beginning in the 1970s, states and the federal government adopted tougher sentencing and police practices that responded to rising punitive sentiment among the general public. Many schol- ars have argued that U.S. criminal law and enforcement subordinate people of color by denying them political, social, and economic well-being. The harmful and disparate racial impact of U.S. crime policy mirrors historical patterns that emerged during slavery, Reconstruction, and Jim Crow. In his Pulitzer Prize-winning book Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America, James Forman, Jr. demonstrates that many blacks supported aggressive anticrime policies that gave rise to mass incarceration. On the surface, this observation potentially complicates argu- ments that conceive of U.S. criminal law and enforcement as manifestations of white supremacist political power. Forman’s failure to provide a comprehensive analysis of the racist dimensions of punitive sentiment makes his research subject to such an interpretation. A deeper analysis, how- ever, reconciles Forman’s research with antiracist accounts of U.S. crime policy. In particular, social psychology literature on implicit bias, social dominance orientation, and right-wing authoritari- anism provides a helpful context for situating black punitive sentiment within antisubordination criminal law theory. These psychological concepts could link punitiveness among blacks with out- group favoritism and in-group stigma that derive from structural inequality and antiblack social stigma.
    [Show full text]