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I read "The New Jim Crow" yesterday. A lot of it is familiar, but the sheer scale of how many black men are incarcerated was eye opening. The extent that we dis
by Eridrus 8y ago
I read "The New Jim Crow" yesterday. A lot of it is familiar, but the sheer scale of how many black men are incarcerated was eye opening. The extent that we discriminate against released criminals was also eye opening, even if some of it was things I knew in the back of my mind.
- mindcrime 8y agoAbsolutely second this. Also, if race and race issues are important to you, consider Black Like Me[1] by John Howard Griffin. It's a fascinating story of a white man who spent some time roaming around the Deep South, during the Civil Rights Era, masquerading as a black man. [1]:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Like_Me https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Like_Me