“The Black Family in the Age of Mass Incarceration”
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“The Black Family in the Age of Mass Incarceration” is an essay by Ta-Nehisi Coates that examines how U.S. criminal justice policies have devastated Black families and communities.
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| “The Black Family in the Age of Mass Incarceration” canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: “The Black Family in the Age of Mass Incarceration” Context triple: [We Were Eight Years in Power, hasPart, “The Black Family in the Age of Mass Incarceration”]
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A.
Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration
Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration is a museum in Montgomery, Alabama that traces the history of racial injustice in the United States from slavery through Jim Crow to the modern criminal justice system.
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B.
Are Prisons Obsolete?
Are Prisons Obsolete? is a influential book by Angela Davis that critiques the prison-industrial complex and argues for prison abolition as part of broader social and political transformation.
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C.
Prisons of Poverty
Prisons of Poverty is a sociological study by Loïc Wacquant that critiques the rise of punitive penal policies and mass incarceration as tools for managing poverty and social marginality in advanced capitalist societies.
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D.
Black Men: Obsolete, Single, Dangerous? The African American Family in Transition
"Black Men: Obsolete, Single, Dangerous? The African American Family in Transition" is a sociopolitical and cultural critique that examines the challenges facing African American men and families while advocating for self-determination, responsibility, and community empowerment.
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E.
Black and White America
"Black and White America" is a funk-rock and soul-infused studio album by American musician Lenny Kravitz that explores themes of race, identity, and social issues.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: “The Black Family in the Age of Mass Incarceration” Target entity description: “The Black Family in the Age of Mass Incarceration” is an essay by Ta-Nehisi Coates that examines how U.S. criminal justice policies have devastated Black families and communities.
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A.
Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration
Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration is a museum in Montgomery, Alabama that traces the history of racial injustice in the United States from slavery through Jim Crow to the modern criminal justice system.
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B.
Are Prisons Obsolete?
Are Prisons Obsolete? is a influential book by Angela Davis that critiques the prison-industrial complex and argues for prison abolition as part of broader social and political transformation.
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C.
Prisons of Poverty
Prisons of Poverty is a sociological study by Loïc Wacquant that critiques the rise of punitive penal policies and mass incarceration as tools for managing poverty and social marginality in advanced capitalist societies.
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D.
Black Men: Obsolete, Single, Dangerous? The African American Family in Transition
"Black Men: Obsolete, Single, Dangerous? The African American Family in Transition" is a sociopolitical and cultural critique that examines the challenges facing African American men and families while advocating for self-determination, responsibility, and community empowerment.
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E.
Black and White America
"Black and White America" is a funk-rock and soul-infused studio album by American musician Lenny Kravitz that explores themes of race, identity, and social issues.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
essay
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non-fiction work ⓘ |
| about |
continuities between slavery, Jim Crow, and mass incarceration
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devastating effects of U.S. criminal justice policies on Black families ⓘ how incarceration shapes community life ⓘ impact of incarceration on children ⓘ intersection of race and punishment in America ⓘ policy choices that expanded the prison system ⓘ political rhetoric around crime ⓘ racial disparities in sentencing ⓘ social costs of tough-on-crime legislation ⓘ |
| author | Ta-Nehisi Coates ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| field |
African-American studies
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criminal justice ⓘ public policy ⓘ sociology ⓘ |
| genre |
political essay
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social commentary ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
critical of U.S. criminal justice policy
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focus on Black American experience ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
general readership interested in race and justice
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policy makers concerned with criminal justice reform ⓘ scholars and students of mass incarceration ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Black families in the United States
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Jim Crow laws ⓘ U.S. criminal justice system ⓘ civil rights movement legacy ⓘ criminalization of poverty ⓘ economic impact of incarceration ⓘ family separation ⓘ historical legacy of slavery ⓘ housing discrimination ⓘ incarceration of Black men ⓘ mass incarceration in the United States ⓘ policing in Black communities ⓘ policy analysis ⓘ racial inequality ⓘ structural racism ⓘ war on drugs ⓘ welfare policy in the United States ⓘ |
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