The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
1595586431
ISBN 13
9781595586438
Category
POL
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Publication Year
2012
Publisher
The New Press, United States
Pages
336
Subject
Criminal Procedure, Reference, Criminology, African-American Studies, Discrimination & Racism, Civil Rights & Liberties
Description
Once in a great while a book comes along that changes the way we see the world and helps to fuel a nationwide social movement. 'The New Jim Crow' is such a book. Praised by Harvard Law professor Lani Guinier as "brave and bold," this book directly challenges the notion that the election of Barack Obama signals a new era of colorblindness. With dazzling candor, legal scholar Michelle Alexander argues that "we have not ended racial caste in America; we have merely redesigned it." By targeting black men through the War on Drugs and decimating communities of color, the U.S. criminal justice system functions as a contemporary system of racial control—relegating millions to a permanent second-class status—even as it formally adheres to the principle of colorblindness.
Number of Copies
1
