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The lessons I learned from 'Alligator Alcatraz'

The lessons I learned from 'Alligator Alcatraz'

It's Been a Minute vor 1 Jahr

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The Florida detention center, "Alligator Alcatraz," may close, but
what can you learn from its short but impactful run?

First, the name echoes old Southern American racist tropes and
adapts them for a modern audience. Second, its casually playful
name is a blueprint for other detention centers popping up across
the United States. But what does this all add up to?

In this episode, Brittany, freelance journalist Asher Elbein, and
Miami Herald race and identity reporter Raisa Habersham unpack the
racist trope of alligators in Florida and how the joke-ified name
of the facility dehumanizes its inmates.

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