Bibliograph

The new Jim Crow, mass incarceration in the age of colorblindness, Michelle Alexander

Type

Label

The new Jim Crow, mass incarceration in the age of colorblindness, Michelle Alexander

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographic references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The new Jim Crow

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

656451603

Responsibility statement

Michelle Alexander

Sub title

mass incarceration in the age of colorblindness

Summary

Legal scholar Michelle Alexander directly challenges the notion that the election of Barack Obama signals a new era of colorblindness. With dazzling candor, 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. In the words of Benjamin Todd Jealous, president and CEO of the NAACP, this book is a "call to action." --, From Amazon

Table Of Contents

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

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