Traverse City Record-Eagle, 09 Dec 2012 – You might think last month’s presidential election proved one thing: That there are no longer any racial barriers to success in America. But last weekend, author Michelle Alexander came to Detroit and told a spellbound audience that while she once shared that illusion, this happy image is anything but true. Instead, in a powerful speech and a best-selling book, she argues that America has created a new "racial caste system that is the moral equivalent of Jim Crow."
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