Evidence receipt / commitment
Published · transcript-backedShaka Senghor: commitment
20 Nov 2019 Conversations with Tyler Shaka Senghor on Incarceration, Identity, and the Gift of Literacy
“No, because I love tequila, so I’m definitely not signing up for that. But my point in raising that argument is, again, it’s up to individuals to do these things responsibly, and if not, then you accept the consequence that comes with irresponsibility.”
Source trail
Everything needed to verify it.
- Speaker
- Shaka Senghor
- Attribution
- Verified speaker
- Claim type
- commitment
- Recorded
- 20 Nov 2019
- Publisher
- Conversations with Tyler
Transcript context
…Should we all just stop drinking alcohol, voluntarily, but stop altogether? No, because I love tequila, so I’m definitely not signing up for that. But my point in raising that argument is, again, it’s up to individuals to do these things responsibly, and if not, then you accept the consequence that comes with irresponsibility. I don’t think that that should be any different with the usage of marijuana. I can’t say about other drugs. I still think it’s a personal choice that people make. I’m not going to advocate for people to become opioid addicts, but I think decriminalizing it can definitely figure out different ways to deal with that. I think people who have opioid addictions or any other Schedule 1 drug addiction should be treated as opposed to incarcerated. Some employers now — they’ve stopped asking job applicants if they have any kind of criminal record. Do you think this has a major positive impact, small impact, no impact? Any opinion?…
Stored transcript either side of the excerpt. The highlighted words are the published quote; the surrounding text is unedited source, never generated.