Black icon namesake on the board of a huge private prison corp. maxed donation to HRC

[Waiting For Everyman]

Here's what I learned on Twitter yesterday (while looking up the subject of lobbyist Dem super delegates, another disgusting situation), and boy was I shocked right down to my toes. I thought I'd seen cold-hearted arrogance, but this tops everything:


Thurgood Marshall Jr., son of the first black Supreme Court Justice, sits on the board of Corrections Corporation, the private prison giant. For showing up at a couple of meetings, he is paid $178,546 per year, and has maxed out his donations to Hillary For President.

https://twitter.com/lhfang/status/700069893043978241


He is literally making money from slavery, and she is running for President on it.

(I wonder how many hours young black men had to work for free to put that $178K in his pocket, and that max donation in Hill's coffers? Betcha it was a lot of hours.)

Gee, the both of them must care so deeply about the plight of too many black men wasting away in prison. I bet they cry over it into their bank books every night. More likely they laugh over it at the country club.


Here's his bio on Corrections Corp.'s website, posted beside a smiling picture of him:

Thurgood Marshall has served as a director and member of the Nominating and Governance Committee since December 2002. Marshall is a partner in the law firm of Bingham McCutchen LLP in Washington D.C., and a principal in Bingham Consulting Group LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Bingham McCutchen LLP that assists business clients with communications, political and legal strategies. Marshall, the son of the historic Supreme Court Justice, Thurgood Marshall, has held appointments in each branch of the federal government, including Cabinet Secretary to President Clinton and Director of Legislative Affairs and Deputy Counsel to Vice President Al Gore. In his role under President Clinton, Marshall was the chief liaison between the President and the agencies of the Executive Branch. He serves on the American Bar Association Election Law Committee and serves as a board member of the National Fish & Wildlife Foundation, the National Womens Law Center and the Supreme Court Historical Society, and serves on the Ethics Oversight Committee of the United States Olympic Committee. Marshall earned a bachelor's degree in 1978 and a juris doctor degree in 1981 from the University of Virginia, after which he clerked for United States District Judge Barrington D. Parker.

http://www.cca.com/board-of-directors

Hillary's remarks yesterday:

...
And then finally and so importantly, we need end-to-end reform in our criminal justice system.

Not half measures, but a full commitment with real follow-through. Now this is something we can talk about for hours. In fact I gave my first speech of this campaign in April not far from here, and it was about reforming criminal justice, because the inequities that persist in our justice system undermine our shared vision of what America can and should be.

Our legal system is still, all too often, stacked against those who have the least power, who are the most vulnerable. And we’ve seen the toll it takes on families torn apart by excessive incarceration and children growing up in homes shattered by prison and poverty
...
And let’s roll up our sleeves and get to work to dismantle the school-to-prison pipeline. It’s diverting too many African-American kids into the criminal justice system, instead of giving them the education they deserve. We’ve seen a significant increase in police involvement in school discipline, especially in schools with majority-black students.

We’re seeing an over -reliance on suspensions and expulsions. I’m sure many of us remember that horrifying video of the girl in South Carolina being thrown out of her desk and dragged across her classroom by a school police officer. A classroom should be a safe place for our children. We shouldn’t even have to say that, I don’t think.
...
So here’s what I ask of you, hold me accountable. Hold every candidate accountable. What we say matters, but what we do matters more. And you deserve leaders who will do whatever it takes to tear down all the barriers holding you back and then replace them with those ladders of opportunities that every American deserves to have.

I’m also asking all Americans to join in that effort. As Cornell Brooks, the new head of the NAACP said in our meeting this morning – none of this is a ‘they’ problem, it’s a ‘we’ problem, and all of us have to admit that. And you know what, it is not an urban problem, it’s an American problem. Ending systemic racism requires contributions from all of us, especially those of us who haven’t experienced it ourselves. White Americans need to do a better job of listening when African Americans talk about the seen and unseen barriers that you face every day.

"Ending systemic racism"... oh really Hillary? Not likely while you're busy profiting from it via Thurgood Marshall Jr.

Thurgood Jr. openly sitting on the board of this private prison system 100% sickens me. I can't imagine what his father would think if he could see this. So what do you think DU, especially black DUers? Is this ok? Is the person who takes donations like this the one you want standing up for you?

As I see it, if this isn't a GIGANTIC SCANDAL for both of them, then it's the same as admitting that the huge number of blacks in prison is not a problem, everything is just fine as it is, and there's no legitimacy in bringing it up ever again.

IT CAN'T BE BOTH WAYS. Denial only goes so far.