‘Crime And Punishment In Black America’

‘Crime And Punishment In Black America’

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Yale Law professor James Forman Jr., son of civil rights activists, says that African-American leaders seeking to combat drugs and crime often supported policies that disproportionately targeted the black community. He received a 2018 Pulitzer Prize for his nonfiction book ‘Locking Up Our Own.’ Also, critic Ken Tucker reviews ‘Invasion of Privacy’ by rapper Cardi B.