S2 Book Club #6: The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander (Chapter Two & Three)
The hosts of Propaganda Loves You Book Club continue Michelle Alexander’s The New Jim Crow, discussing chapter two (“The Lockdown”) and chapter three (“The Color of Justice”). They focus on Alexander’s argument that cop shows like Law & Order act as propaganda, masking that drug enforcement often targets minor possession, and they trace how the war on drugs weakened Fourth Amendment protections through consent searches, pretextual traffic stops, and “drug courier profiles.” They discuss Operation Pipeline, federal cash incentives and military equipment transfers to local police, civil asset…
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