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Michelle Alexander, Michelle Alexander, Michelle Alexander: The New Jim Crow (Hardcover, 2010, New Press) 5 stars

As the United States celebrates the nation's "triumph over race" with the election of Barack …

Review of 'The New Jim Crow' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

She certainly makes her point well, but I almost feel like saying racial oppression is the central purpose of the carceral archipelago (or the security state, prison-industrial complex, whatever your preferred term) is letting it off too easy.