Heather Ann Thompson

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There is very little relationship between who is locked up and the concept of justice. Americans don't understand that people in prison are often there because of where the policing was. What's more: White people need to start telling the truth about the way this justice system works. Because every white person--particularly middle and upper-class white people--knows that they are not as worried about their children becoming trapped in the system unjustly.

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