Does Jim Crow still exist in America?

Does the United States still function under a racial caste system? Civil rights advocate and author Michelle Alexander presents a sobering history of the policies that target people of color for mass incarceration—and proposes to end what she labels “the new Jim Crow.” This talk was filmed at TEDxColumbus.

Watch the full talk here: https://youtu.be/SQ6H-Mz6hgw

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