THE URGENCY OF SYSTEMS CHANGE: Deconstructing Racially Biased Systems and Other Public Institutions in Jackson Michigan
Hakim Nathaniel Crampton Director, A.M.E.N. 4 Youth, LLC lyricaleducation.wordpress.com hakimcramptonspeaks.blogspot.com There is an urgent need for identifying systems and institutions in Jackson that must be examined and deconstructed of its institutional policies and particularly practices that are racially biased and/or demonstratively showing clear indications of either a lack of justice, equity or community focused interest and concern. This means not only defining root causes as a prelude to “systems change” but too we must adequately explain why its critically important to actively engage in deconstructing inequitable systems and begin replacing persons in positions of leadership and power whose role and/or leadership actively or essentially opposes or is not cooperative in the process of systems change within their institution. Our ci...