Maid's biggest flaw is that it has a very narrow focus. The truth is, Alex has a better chance of escaping the cycle of poverty due to being an educated white woman from a middle-class background. Most of the women on Orange Is the New Black don't have that luxury. Although the show uses the incarceration of a privileged white woman, Piper, as a gateway into the world of America's prison system, the stories told focus on women from all walks of life and highlight the inequalities facing Black, Latinx, and LGBTQ+ inmates.
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