"The racial dimension of mass incarceration is its most striking feature. No other country in the world imprisons so many of its racial or ethnic minorities. The United States imprisons a larger percentage of its black population than South Africa at the height of apartheid."

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The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Color Blindness -Michelle Alexander (via elegantly-tasteless)

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