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San Quentin Journalist's Powerful Essay on Racism in Prisons

Last year I interviewed Yukari Iwatani Kane , who taught journalism at San Quentin. Here's a poignant and insightful piece about racism written by Jesse Vasquez, one of her students and the managing editor of the San Quentin  News:   https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2018/10/01/one-prison-taught-me-racism-another-taught-me-acceptance/?utm_term=.0d90d2d5302f    Image taken from Washington Post Article: "Inmates of San Quentin prison in California work out in the yard on a warm day." (Christian Science Monitor via Getty Images)