![]() ![]() ![]() “As a criminal, you have scarcely more rights, and arguably less respect, than a black man living in Alabama at the height of Jim Crow,” Alexander wrote. To Rankine, it was a nod to Michelle Alexander’s book “The New Jim Crow,” which lays out how the war on drugs helped shape a criminal justice system that today systematically disfavors communities of color, and Black men in particular. ![]() They have been imprisoned,” Rankine wrote. The first lines of Claudia Rankine’s essay, “In Memory of Trayvon Martin,” start with an invocation of the history of mass incarceration of African Americans. Our July 2020 pick for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club is Claudia Rankine’s “Citizen.” Become a member of the Now Read This book club by joining our Facebook group, or by signing up to our newsletter. ![]()
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