Don’t you realize that this statement is either completely delusional or some form of woke nonsensical Newspeak?
Let me recap: This initiative only has upsides, no downsides. And it has no race distinction. And it benefits people across the board, from people of color to white people. And in absolute terms it will benefit to more people of color than white people (due to the demographics of Brazilian prisons). But you think that statistically it might benefit proportionally slightly more to white people than to people of color, so we should stop this initiative (which again, has no downside for anyone)?
Man I still think of myself as left wing and progressist, but this recent trend of the left, away from universalism, and deep into communautarism makes me feel more and more estranged...
I don’t disagree with your point that reducing mass incarceration should also be pursued though, and is more impactful.
Theoretically, it might release someone who the rest of the world would have been better off keeping in jail.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Unterweger
He went on to murder a few more women before being caught and sentenced to life. (Hanged himself the same evening.)
I'm struggling to see why you think that makes a difference.
The only obvious difference is that reading a book is much easier than writing one, which would tend to aggravate the problem of letting people out of jail when they should be in it.
> Don’t you realize that this statement is either completely delusional or some form of woke nonsensical Newspeak?
Even worse, the whole argument seems based on the premise that some races can only learn to read to a lesser extent.
I honestly don't understand. You cannot combat racism by being a racist.