California’s political cente r has shifted and the topics of concern no longer include racial reconciliation with the Black community.
Nothing made that more clear than seeing Proposition 6 fail at the ballot box. It would have banned forced labor in prisons and jails as a form of punishment. Proponents liken such punishments to vestiges of slavery, but California voters rejected that argument.
More than 5 million Californians voted to preserve a form of slavery still inflicted on incarcerated people…