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Alexander: Prisoners Must Be Counted When Looking at U.S. Segregation

February 20, 2012 | Categories: About FHC, News | Tags: Alexander, criminal background, equality, fair housing center of southeastern michigan, race, segregation

Michelle Alexander, author of the The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness [this month’s FHC book group choice], recently wrote a piece on Time.com titled “The Myth of Desegregation: A recent study claims segregation has hit the lowest point in a century. Here’s why it’s premature to celebrate”. Alexander argues that the […]


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