The Dig: Locking Up Our Own, with James Forman Jr.
Mass incarceration controls poor people and populations that have been excluded from the labor market. Politically, tough-on-crime rhetoric has for decades been a tool for politicians to appeal to white voters’ racism.
June 21, 2017
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June 21, 2017
The Dig: Locking Up Our Own, with James Forman Jr.
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The Dig: Locking Up Our Own, with James Forman Jr.
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Mass incarceration controls poor people and populations that have been excluded from the labor market. Politically, tough-on-crime rhetoric has for decades been a tool for politicians to appeal to white voters’ racism. But what’s less discussed is the complicated history of criminal justice politics within black communities and amongst black politicians. Yale Law professor James Forman talks about his new book Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America.
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