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Racial issues, have been an issue for more than 400 yrs. As a white middle class older adult I have wrestled with the issues and trying to come to terms with what it all means. Sadly our country has probably gotten no closer to solving our differences and may have gotten worse. This book gives you a good insight into the systemic way that people of color have endured a caste system, which according to the author has decimated the black communities and judicial system has relegated millions of pe
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This is a very important book that i think everyone should read. The analysis here is heartbreakingly acute, and mass incarceration is something those of us committed to social justice should certainly be talking about more often, and louder. I left off that one star, because I did find it very frustrating how Alexander examined all the functions of slavery and jim crow, never shying away from the profit motive, but the massive profits that private corporations make from government contracts and
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"If the movement that emerges to end mass incarceration does not meaningfully address the racial divisions and resentments that gave rise to mass incarceration, and if it fails to cultivate an ethic of genuine care, compassion, and concern for every human being -- of ever class, race, and nationality -- within our nation's borders, including poor whites, who are often pitted against poor people of color, the collapse of mass incarceration will not mean the death of racial caste in America. Inevi
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I've read several books over the past couple of years dealing with racial justice. This is one of the best I have read. Alexander does an excellent job of explaining where there are failings and the history behind them. Excellent book to gain awareness and understanding of the issues the the Black Lives Matter movement is working to bring attention. Alexander even uses the same excuses that we often hear like, just don't break the law, and why that statement isn't accurate especially if you are
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loved this book. It really explains why the prison system is the new jim crow and how it has been systematically implanted into the society and people's minds that makes it harder to fight it compared to the old jim crow laws
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Impeccably argued and researched
Here's an author who has done her homework. Facts, figures, and studies abound throughout a thoroughly argued book that anticipates every counter argument and is not afraid to challenge accepted discourse. ...more
Here's an author who has done her homework. Facts, figures, and studies abound throughout a thoroughly argued book that anticipates every counter argument and is not afraid to challenge accepted discourse. ...more
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