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1. Great read Blue_Tires

Thu Nov 29, 2012, 03:49 PM

Nov 2012

"Once you're labeled a felon...the old forms of discrimination... are suddenly legal," Michelle Alexander in 'The New Jim Crow.'"

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Agreed, definitely a good read jade3000 Dec 2012 #2

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Post link please jade3000 Dec 2012 #9