Legal scholar Michelle Alexander argues that the U.S. criminal justice system has basically replaced the Jim Crow system functioning as the newest system of racial control. Contends that targeting black men through the War on Drugs has created mass incarceration where discrimination in employment, housing, education, benefits, and voting rights are all justified, even after release from prison.
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The rebirth of caste -- The lockdown -- The color of justice -- The cruel hand -- The new Jim Crow -- The fire this time.