THE NEW JIM CROW

THE NEW JIM CROW by Michelle Alexander is a very good book.  It explores and examines the US criminal "justice" system and,the impact of the inherent racism on the African American communities. 

My only criticism of this book is that Alexander did not cite Angela Y. Davis.  This is hard to fathom because of the lifetime of work Angela has done to confront racism, especially in prisons
. She has dedicated her life to exposing and opposing the US penal system
 This one omission causes me to withhold an unequivocal recommendation of this book.  But then I am so very much a fan of Angela Y. Davis, not to be confused with Angela J. Davis, also an advocate of prison reform
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