Opinion | George Johnson: Kim Kardashian's 'prison reform' efforts reveal the potential problems with celebrity activism. - NBCNewsTHINK
Black Americans know in particular what happens when you make a symbolic act but don’t follow through. The way the U.S. abolished slavery is a perfect example of this: President Abraham Lincoln’s proclamation was followed by a more than a century of brutality, indentured servitude and inequality. What Kardashian does next is what matters more than the initial rush of positive headlines.
Media calling the work of Kardashian prison reform ignores the depth of the problem while also erasing the decades of work Black activists have been doing in this space.
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