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The New Jim Crow

by Michelle Alexander · 2010

Politics & Society · ranked #1 in category

How mass incarceration recreates racial caste in America; a powerful, much-cited argument.

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Category
Politics & Society
First published
2010 · 2010s
Author
Michelle Alexander
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