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Learning under lockdown: prison college programs, decimated by a '94 crime bill, have begun a slow comeback. As more people of color attend classes behind bars, the politics of prison education are once again up for debate. (Colorblind: Higher Education).

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| March 22, 2003 | Banks, Gabrielle | COPYRIGHT 2003 Color Lines Magazine. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Ten women are scattered, two to a table, facing the chalkboard, tentatively sharing feedback on last week's reading assignment: Nietzsche's conception of aristocratic morality and its mirror opposite the morality of the slave. The professor resumes his explanation of the text, jiggling chalk in his hand like he's about to roll a pair of dice. He has a fuzzy, prematurely balding head, and wire-rimmed glasses. He is wearing brown cords, a black flannel button-down, and he has little hoop earrings in both ears.

"Nietzsche talks about his own upbringing, his skepticism towards morality and the origins of the nature of good and evil--"

A woman with clipped, ...

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