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Michelle Alexander, The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness (via sociopoliticaldribble)

Hay, yo, not to disagree that we incarcerate way too many Black Americans in the United States, but comparing the USA where Blacks are 12% of the population to South Africa where Black Africans compose 80% of the population is not useful, for this and for a host of other reasons.

(Source: dangerouswitnesses, via sociopoliticaldribble)

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