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“In short, the primary reason why there is such a big gap in black and white incarceration rates appears to be the differences in the class composition of each racial group. Blacks are poorer, so the carceral state swallows them up at a greater pace.”
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An effective remedy to mass incarceration must target the country’s racialized class system. And that means pushing an egalitarian economic program that attacks the enormous disparities between classes. jacobinmag.com/2018/01/mass-i