Senator Chris Murphy: How Do We Solve the Violence Inside Us
Just the Right Book with Roxanne Coady
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The Man Who Said, Have You Ever Been Hungry?
CNN's John Sutter talks to CNN iReport about his new book, The New Jim Crow. He says there is an 'epidemic of violence in black communities' and that it comes from poverty not race. In times of economic esperation, he argues, there are more violent neighbourhoods. But the data also tells us that centuries of racial oppression have relegated more people of color to poverty,. If you're white and r in america, you are just as likely to be the victim of violence as you are if you're black and poor in America.
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