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The book was reprinted several times, with an introduction by [[Jean Genet]] the French homosexual jailbird and sociopath.

The book was reprinted several times, with an introduction by [[Jean Genet]] the French homosexual jailbird and sociopath.

In ''Soledad Brother'' Jackson wrote, "I could play the criminal aspects of my life down, but then it wouldn't be me." He admits that even as a young child, "I served mass so that I could be in a position to steal altar wine." His idea of fun was to deliberately set a large tank of oil on fire. "My disposition for guns and explosions was responsible for my first theft...Downtown we plundered at will." He describes how the age of fifteen he stole his father's car and crashed it into a shop window. The shop owners brought no charges. He writes, "Love of self and kind is the first law of nature" and complains when his mother sends him a birthday card with a picture of white people on it. He writes with contempt of Europeans who according to him "do not possess the quality of rational thought" (p.43-44) then goes on to say "This is a predatory man's world. The real word calls for a predatory man's brand of thinking."

In ''Soledad Brother'' Jackson wrote, "I could play the criminal aspects of my life down, but then it wouldn't be me." He admits that even as a young child, "I served mass so that I could be in a position to steal altar wine." His idea of fun was to deliberately set a large tank of oil on fire. "My disposition for guns and explosions was responsible for my first theft...Downtown we plundered at will." He describes how the age of fifteen he stole his father's car and crashed it into a shop window. The shop owners brought no charges. He writes, "Love of self and kind is the first law of nature" and complains when his mother sends him a birthday card with a picture of white people on it. He writes with contempt of Europeans who according to him "do not possess the quality of rational thought" (p.43-44) then goes on to say "This is a predatory man's world. The real world calls for a predatory man's brand of thinking."

He writes with disapproval of women who aspire beyond a domestic role. "The white theory of the emancipated woman is a false idea" and leads to "the breakdown of the family unit."

He writes with disapproval of women who aspire beyond a domestic role. "The white theory of the emancipated woman is a false idea" and leads to "the breakdown of the family unit."

<ref> ''Soledad Brother: The Prison Letters of George Jackson''  

<ref> ''Soledad Brother: The Prison Letters of George Jackson''  

Jackson's rabid racism, his advocacy of violence, and his naive enthusiasm for Marxist theory set him far apart from the [[Civil Rights]] movement as led by Dr [[Martin Luther King]]. While his friends in the Black Power movement such as Angela Davis elevated him to the status of a martyr, that is not a universally accepted view.

Jackson's rabid racism, his advocacy of violence, and his naive enthusiasm for Marxist theory set him far apart from the [[Civil Rights]] movement as led by Dr [[Martin Luther King]]. While his friends in the Black Power movement such as Angela Davis elevated him to the status of a martyr, that is not a universally accepted view.

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