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From Incarcerated to Resilient [imprintnews.org] | PACEsConnection
Youth Voices Rising writer Daniel Bisuano. Courtesy of Bisuano. By Daniel Bisuano, The Imprint, May 24, 2023 Growing up, very few things existed outside of the couple blocks I knew by my home, or the prison’s four walls and metal door that often seemed like a nightmare. I do not know how often people like me grow up in circumstances where fight or flight response is not constant or the cops were the good guys. I felt it was always a “us vs. them” situation.
From Incarcerated to Resilient [imprintnews.org]
Youth Voices Rising writer Daniel Bisuano. Courtesy of Bisuano. By Daniel Bisuano, The Imprint, May 24, 2023 Growing up, very few things existed outside of the couple blocks I knew by my home, or the prison’s four walls and metal door that often seemed like a nightmare. I do not know how often people like me grow up in circumstances where fight or flight response is not constant or the cops were the good guys. I felt it was always a “us vs. them” situation.
From Incarcerated to Resilient
Growing up, very few things existed outside of the couple blocks I knew by my home, or the prison’s four walls and metal door that often seemed like a nightmare. I do not know how often people like me grow up in circumstances where fight or flight response is not constant or the cops were the good guys. I felt it was always a “us vs. them” situation. See, the cops always oppressed individuals like myself, constantly harassing us, planting drugs on us, and using their power to justify abuse.
Navigating Life on their Terms
It’s painful to think that they choose to throw away people like myself instead of trying to find a solution. But, I guess, why find solutions to a problem they created to oppress people like myself? The system that was designed to help me was a system based on a foundation of oppression. The only thing it helped was to make me a better criminal. I can’t say I can point out any one thing to change or any one thing we can do to create change. The system, as a whole, just needs to go.
System-Impacted Youth Must Lead Conversations on Reimagining Child Welfare
By Daniel Bisuano, Ivanna Jackson, Breyon Johnson, Dominique Mikell Montgomery, Evelyn Karina Rodriguez and Latrice Marie Ventura During the summer of 2020, streets across the country rumbled with outcries of “No justice, no peace,” igniting a national reckoning over how structural anti-Blackness and institutional racism are embedded in our policing systems and in society at large.
I Had to Hide My Personality Due to Fear
Dear God, Thank you for the care and love that you have bestowed upon my family and me. Thank you for allowing me to live a healthy life and to see your light once more. I appreciate all that you do for my family, my friends, myself, and the world. I apologize for my sins; the wrong things I do, see, hear, and say. I know I am a sinner. Please continue to take care of me and guide me as I write about your love and your holy scripture in my testimony. Amen.
Racism is a Familiar Fear
Current and former foster youth weigh in on racism and police brutality. Racism and inequality have plagued this nation for hundreds of years. Racism here in the South is a familiar fear.
In My Community, You Don’t Call the Cops
Current and former foster youth weigh in on racism and police brutality. Although I now live in Harlem, I grew up in Ridgewood, New York, a small, immigrant neighborhood where the adults often left the children to fend for themselves as they ventured into the city for work. There was one local precinct, though I don’t remember ever really seeing a heavy police presence. I wouldn’t describe Ridgewood as particularly dangerous.
Our Whole System Must Change
Current and former foster youth weigh in on racism and police brutality. I took interest in social justice after being exposed to protesting. I was only 15 years old in 2016 when Philando Castile was murdered by the police during a routine traffic stop in my city. I couldn’t understand what motivated an individual to commit such a horrendous act. I began to research other fatal police encounters with minorities and was utterly despaired at the information I found.
When the Thin Blue Line Breaks: Racial Divide in America
Current and former foster youth weigh in on racism and police brutality. From a young age, we are taught that the men in blue are our friends, protectors and allies. We put our faith and trust into the familiar uniforms that are responsible for our collective and individual safety and find solace in knowing that they will be there when we need them. The American system has been brought up on this premise of self-governance run by the people, with the people and for the people.
My Human Rights Were Stripped
Current and former foster youth weigh in on racism and police brutality. Racism, sexism and police brutality have been a constant in my life. I remember from a very young age the cops would harass me, constantly trying to find any reason to make an arrest. I could not remember a time when I was not faced with the biased opinions and hatred of the police department. One of my oldest memories is of police officers surrounding a small, frail 12-year-old me.
Protesting Matters
Current and former foster youth weigh in on racism and police brutality. I have always dealt with racial inequality and police harassment. When I was 15 I used to have blue hair, and my foster sister had red hair. One day the police rolled up on us and told us – didn’t even say hi, just told us – what gangs we were from.
Abolishing the Police Is Not the Answer
Current and former foster youth weigh in on racism and police brutality. This year, 2020, has been hard for everyone; between coronavirus and fighting for equality, the world hasn’t had a moment to stop and breathe. Without a doubt, this year has been full of tragedy and sorrow as the number of lives lost continues to grow.
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