Category: justice
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The New Jim Crow, Chapter 4
Richard has posted his review of the fourth chapter of Michelle Alexander’s The New Jim Crow. He’s posed some thoughtful questions at the end of his post and I hope you’ll visit his site and contribute your thoughts.
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The New Jim Crow, Chapter 3
Richard Johnson and I are blogging our way through The New Jim Crow. We’re rotating between chapters, posting reflections and the questions this important book is raising for us. Check out our posts on chapters one and two. __________________________________ So far we’ve seen how Michelle Alexander examines America’s historic racial caste system and the way…
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“He called for help.”
Michael reflects soberly and sorrowfully on the appalling murder of Trayvon Martin. I didn’t want to think about how similar Trayvon Martin is to the vision I have for my son. He was a boy, enjoying life, getting good grades, collecting admiration from teachers; he was loved by his family, who over and over called the…
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The New Jim Crow, Chapter 2
Richard has posted his review of the second chapter of Michelle Alexander’s The New Jim Crow. I hope you’ll visit his site and chime in with your thoughts. A quick word about comments. This topic elicits strong reactions. There are comments I’ve removed from my review of the first chapter because of the ugly assumptions…
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The New Jim Crow, Chapter 1
Richard Johnson and I are blogging our way through The New Jim Crow during the next few weeks. We’ll rotate between chapters, posting reflections and the questions this important book is raising for us. We hope these series of blog posts will encourage you to pick up the book and begin grappling with unsettling and …
David W. Swanson 