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Global Issues Through Literature: Graphic Novels in a Global Context "Race to Incarcerate: A Graphic Retelling"

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Video
Intended Audience: 
K-12
World Regions: 
World
Global Theme: 
Social Justice
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The theme of "Graphic Novels in Global Context: Social Justice Through Illustration and Text" is explored through "Race to Incarcerate: A Graphic Retelling," a complex story of four decades of prison expansion and its corrosive effect on generation of Americans and its implications for American democracy.