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The big lesson from the book for me is how the court system, and the United States has abused ex-offenders and civilians in general. The fact the law is written for citizens to struggle is startling; the government is more concerned about the profits it earns when many lives are destroyed by prison than with recovery.

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one major takeaway I got from the book is the way America is set up. they are unfair to everyone and do everything they can to take rights away. we do not do anything to make everyone equal but do the opposite. Alexander was successful in convincing me because she never spoke about something without showing the statistics and it was just more of an eye opener.

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One major takeaway that I have from the book is the way the justice system as well as the United States has failed ex criminals and people overall. It is shocking the way the system is made for people to fail, the government doest care about rehabilitation, it cares more about the money they make when they ruin peoples lives by putting them in jail.

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One major take away was how much the drug war effected mass incarceration. I feel like Alexander was successful in conniving me of her argument because she had evidence and statistics to prove the point she was making

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I think that the only thing it proved to me and what Michelle Alexander showed me is how failed America is and how we boast about being this amazing and wonderful country but we aren't. We let down so many of our Americans and can honestly barely take care of them only the white and wealthy ones. I think Alexander called out things that most of time get left unsaid and talked about the fact tth

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i've gained a lot of knowledge in regards to the statistics of the injustices of the criminal justice system, and how history truly does repeat itself.

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one major takeaway i got from the book is that many people were judged off of appearance and background which shouldn't have been the case. yes i do feel as if Alexander was successful in convincing people of her argument because of the way it was broken down to tell.

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One major takeaway that I have from The New Jim Crow is to never judge a book by its cover. Throughout the book, Alexander has shown us the struggles of what people had to go through in this world  because of how society is built around stereotypes creating an underclass. Overall, Alexander was successful in convincing me of her argument with how she compared past example to present day examples.

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One major takeaway I got from this book was the fact that people shouldn't be judged based off their pass and who they used to be. People change and Michelle alexander was very successful with convincing me of that. Her argument was well thought out and she did a good job with convincing me that not everyone is the same.

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One key takeaway that I have from the book is people specifically felons or blacks were viewed as lower beings in society. And now they need to change how they are viewed and treat them differently. Alexander was successful in convincing me of her argument because she was able to provide statistics, quotes, and different stories to back up her argument.

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One major takeaway is the effect caused by the War on Drugs and the cycle of mass incarceration. I do feel Alexander was successful in convincing me because she brings up statistics and compares the similarities between Jim Crow and mass incarceration.

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Some major takeaways from The New Jim Crow are the effects of the War on Drugs and mass incarceration. Michelle Alexander talked about these systems and how they were both created off of racial bias for the benefit of the white elite. The facts and statistics that Michelle Alexander used to benefit her argument were helpful in convincing me because they only highlighted the points in her argument and showed that racial bias does lead to unjust discrimination.