Black History Year

3 Ways Octavia Butler Predicted Our Life With Police Today

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Once detained by police herself, Octavia Butler put her powerful observations of the world into her Parables series set in 2024 and 2032. How do her three predictions of what policing would be like today match up to our reality and future?

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