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What has changed since the collapse of jim crow has less to do with the basic structure of our society than with the language we use to justify it. Mass incarceration in the age of colorblindness by michelle alexander and cornel west. In the era of colorblindness, it is no longer socially permissible to use race, explicitly, as a justification for discrimination, exclusion, and social contempt. The new jim crow by michelle alexander free download.
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