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According To John Legend's The New Jim Crow

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Children and Elders, men and women, basically everyone have heard of The New Jim Crow. It became so important in our lives that writers like, Steve Mariotti, said about The New Jim Crow “a must read for every American.” According to John Legend, It seems like black people have been sent to prison more than they were enthralled in 1850. However, The New Jim Crow has some limitation that would limit our ability to fight between the prison system and the War on Drugs. In this book it argues that the drug war targets million of young black men in the prisons and behind the bars.
In the beginning of the book, it starts by showing that racism is not dead yet and that it still exists in the communities. People who believe that full equality has been

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