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Credible Book: The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander

https://peacelawandjustice.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/newjimcrow-ch-1.pdf

The above will link you to The New Jim Crow. This is a work of non-fiction written by Michelle Alexander. The main idea of this work is our drugs laws work to imprison a select class and race of people. Information on Michelle Alexander can be found here: http://newjimcrow.com/about-the-author

She is a Civil Rights Lawyer; therefore, she has the experience needed to qualify many of the claims she makes about prison, legal representation, and drug wars.

DW

 

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Hello Class!

This is my test post. You too are going to be submitting a test post on the first day of class. I’d like you to consider the question:

How are writing and empathy connected? What is the value of both?