Performer and activist Harry Belafonte and author Michelle Alexander, respectively, labeled __________ as "the new slavery" and "the new Jim Crow."

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Harry Belafonte and Michelle Alexander have both critically discussed the mass incarceration of African American males in the United States, comparing it to historical systems of oppression: Belafonte likened it to "the new slavery," while Alexander called it "the new Jim Crow" in her book, "The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness."

Performer and Activist Harry Belafonte and Author Michelle Alexander, Respectively