The new Jim Crow : mass incarceration in the age of colorblindness
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- ISBN: 9781595588197
- ISBN: 1595588191
- ISBN: 9781595586438 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 9781595581037 (hc : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 1595586431 (pbk.)
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xvii, 312 pages ; 24 cm - Edition: Rev. ed.
- Publisher: New York : New Press, 2012
- Distributor: [Jackson, Tenn.] : Distributed by Perseus Distribution
Content descriptions
General Note: | "With a new foreword by Cornel West"-- Cover. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-296) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | 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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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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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
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. In the words of Benjamin Todd Jealous, president and CEO of the NAACP, this book is a "call to action." Called "stunning" by Pulitzer Prize--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.