The new Jim Crow

mass incarceration in the age of colorblindness

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The new Jim Crow

mass incarceration in the age of colorblindness

Rev. ed.
  • 3.5 (13 ratings) ·
  • 304 Want to read
  • 18 Currently reading
  • 21 Have read

This work argues that the War on Drugs and policies that deny convicted felons equal access to employment, housing, education, and public benefits create a permanent under caste based largely on race.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.

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Pages
312

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Table of Contents

The rebirth of caste
The lockdown
The color of justice
The cruel hand
The new Jim Crow
The fire this time.

Edition Notes

Previous ed.: 2010.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-296) and index.

Published in
New York, [Jackson, Tenn.]
Other Titles
Mass incarceration in the age of colorblindness
Copyright Date
2012

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
364.973
Library of Congress
HV9950 .A437 2012, HV9950.A437 2011

The Physical Object

Format
paperback
Pagination
xvii, 312 p.
Number of pages
312

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL27154489M
Internet Archive
newjimcrowmassin0000alex
ISBN 10
1595586431
ISBN 13
9781595586438
LCCN
2009022519
OCLC/WorldCat
948311982, 656451603

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL13826369W

Work Description

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness is a 2010 book by Michelle Alexander, a civil rights litigator and legal scholar. The book discusses race-related issues specific to African-American males and mass incarceration in the United States, but Alexander noted that the discrimination faced by African-American males is prevalent among other minorities and socio-economically disadvantaged populations. Alexander's central premise, from which the book derives its title, is that "mass incarceration is, metaphorically, the New Jim Crow". --wikipedia

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