The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of

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

"Jarvious Cotton's great-great-grandfather could not vote as a slave. His great-grandfather was beaten to death by the Klu Klux Klan for attempting to vote. His grandfather was prevented from voting by Klan intimidation; his father was barred by poll taxes and literacy tests. Today, Cotton cannot vote because he, like many black men in the United States, has been labeled a felon and is currently on parole."

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.
Country USA
Brand The New Press
Manufacturer The New Press
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 5805698
Model 5805698
UnitCount 1
UPCs 884805857287
EANs 9781595581037
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	The New Press
Manufacturer	The New Press
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	5805698
Model	5805698
UnitCount	1
UPCs	884805857287
EANs	9781595581037
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

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

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