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Michelle Alexander, Michelle Alexander: The New Jim Crow (Hardcover, 2010, New Press) 5 stars

As the United States celebrates the nation's "triumph over race" with the election of Barack …

Review of 'The New Jim Crow' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

I was really looking forward to reading this. The content is so wildly important. Systemic racism in the USA is real, and it has far-reaching consequences.

The writing left a lot to be desired. The author was incredibly repetitive, both in terms of topics, stats, and wording. Passages were repeated so often that I really wondered if I had lost my place and gone backward (several times). Better editing would have changed my rating markedly.