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  1. caste system
    social structure in which classes are determined by heredity
    She contends that the mass incarceration of black men for nonviolent drug offenses, combined with sentencing disparities and laws making it legal to discriminate against felons in housing, employment, education and voting, constitute nothing less than a new racial caste system.
  2. pot plant
    a plant suitable for growing in a flowerpot
    He gave her a potted plant from his grandmother's porch — he couldn't afford flowers — and apologized.
  3. Crow
    a member of the Siouan people formerly living in eastern Montana
    In "The New Jim Crow," Alexander goes a provocative step further.
  4. incarceration
    the state of being imprisoned
    She contends that the mass incarceration of black men for nonviolent drug offenses, combined with sentencing disparities and laws making it legal to discriminate against felons in housing, employment, education and voting, constitute nothing less than a new racial caste system.
  5. segregation
    the act of keeping apart
    A new segregation.
  6. entertainment
    an activity that is diverting and that holds the attention
    The War on Drugs is a war on African-American people and we countenance it because we implicitly accept certain assumptions sold to us by news and entertainment media, chief among them that drug use is rampant in the black community.
  7. countenance
    the appearance conveyed by a person's face
    The War on Drugs is a war on African-American people and we countenance it because we implicitly accept certain assumptions sold to us by news and entertainment media, chief among them that drug use is rampant in the black community.
Created on 七月 14, 2010

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