The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
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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 controlâ€”relegating millions to a permanent second-class statusâ€”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."

Called "stunning" by Pulitzer Prizeâ€“winning historian David Levering Lewis, "invaluable" by the Daily Kos, "explosive" by Kirkus, and "profoundly necessary" by the Miami Herald, this updated and revised paperback edition of The New Jim Crow, now with a foreword by Cornel West, is a must-read for all people of conscience.
Country USA
Brand New Press
Manufacturer The New Press
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 10410065
Color Multi
UnitCount 1
UPCs 642688055035
EANs 0634109382776
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	New Press
Manufacturer	The New Press
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	10410065
Color	Multi
UnitCount	1
UPCs	642688055035
EANs	0634109382776
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

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