The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
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Book Info
Author
Alexander, Michelle
Word Count
84,000 words
based on page count
Pages
336 pages
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Edition Publisher
The New Press
Edition Publish Date
2012-01-01
Identifiers
ISBN-10: 1595586431
ISBN-13: 9781595586438
Description
Overview: As The United States Celebrates The Nation's Triumph Over Race With The Election Of Barack Obama, The Majority Of Young Black Men In Major American Cities Are Locked Behind Bars Or Have Been Labeled Felons For Life. Although Jim Crow Laws Have Been Wiped Off The Books, An Astounding Percentage Of The African American Community Remains Trapped In A Subordinate Status - Much Like Their Grandparents Before Them. In This Incisive Critique, Former Litigator-turned-legal-scholar Michelle Alexander Provocatively Argues That We Have Not Ended Racial Caste In America: We Have Simply Redesigned It. Alexander Shows That, By Targeting Black Men And Decimating Communities Of Color, The U.s. Criminal Justice System Functions As A Contemporary System Of Racial Control, Even As It Formally Adheres To The Principle Of Color Blindness. The New Jim Crow Challenges The Civil Rights Community - And All Of Us - To Place Mass Incarceration At The Forefront Of A New Movement For Racial Justice In America. Foreword / Cornel West -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Rebirth Of Caste -- Lockdown -- Color Of Justice -- Cruel Hand -- New Jim Crow -- Fire This Time -- Notes -- Index. Michelle Alexander ; [with A New Foreword By Cornel West]. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [263]-296) And Index.
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