“The logic is Southern," said Dr. Amara Thompson, a Minneapolis-based historian specializing in the carceral continuum. “In the 1800s, it was the ‘slave pass.’ In 2026, it’s the MAC address and the biometric scan. The goal is the same: The total restriction of Black movement to ensure the total control of Black labor and life.”
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