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    According to The New Jim Crow, how does race influence policing?
    In The New Jim Crow, Michelle Alexander argues that race influences policing in a variety of ways. She points to several Supreme Court cases that have greatly strengthened police discretion,...

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    Who is Michelle Alexander in The New Jim Crow?
    Michelle Alexander is a civil rights attorney and the author of The New Jim Crow. Before writing her book, Alexander was the director of the Racial Justice Project at the ACLU. Despite being an...

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    According to The New Jim Crow, what happened after the Civil War?
    In The New Jim Crow, Michelle Alexander points out that the freed slaves were not able to automatically exercise their new legal rights. Former slave owners and prejudiced politicians were...

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    What are some court cases and laws mentioned in The New Jim Crow?
    In The New Jim Crow, Michelle Alexander looks at several laws and court cases to analyze the ways in which the United States legal system disadvantages African Americans. Alexander identifies...

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    In The New Jim Crow, how does Michelle Alexander tie the War on Drugs to mass incarceration?
    In the The New Jim Crow, Michelle Alexander traces the history of race in the United States from the days of slavery to modern times. Alexander’s thesis is that we are currently living in a new...

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