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Mark DeSaulnier: I am afraid that historians will look back in our policy towards corrections and look at it like Michelle Alexander…

On the recordDecember 12, 2017
I am afraid that historians will look back in our policy towards corrections and look at it like Michelle Alexander expressed in The New Jim Crow, that this is a period clearly driven by policy that had a lot to do with fear and racism.
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Mark DeSaulnier
Democratic · California

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DeSaulnier expresses concern about historical perspectives on correctional policies influenced by fear and racism.

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