The Resource The new Jim Crow : mass incarceration in the age of colorblindness, Michelle Alexander ; with a new foreword by Cornel West
The new Jim Crow : mass incarceration in the age of colorblindness, Michelle Alexander ; with a new foreword by Cornel West
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- Summary
- "This work argues that the War on Drugs and policies that deny convicted felons equal access to employment, housing, education, and public benefits create a permanent under caste based largely on race.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."--Provided by publisher
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Revised Edition.
- Extent
- xvii, 312 pages
- Contents
-
- The rebirth of caste
- The lockdown
- The color of justice
- The cruel hand
- The new Jim Crow
- The fire this time
- Isbn
- 9781595586438
- Label
- The new Jim Crow : mass incarceration in the age of colorblindness
- Title
- The new Jim Crow
- Title remainder
- mass incarceration in the age of colorblindness
- Statement of responsibility
- Michelle Alexander ; with a new foreword by Cornel West
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "This work argues that the War on Drugs and policies that deny convicted felons equal access to employment, housing, education, and public benefits create a permanent under caste based largely on race.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."--Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- OTZ
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Alexander, Michelle
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Discrimination in criminal justice administration
- Criminal justice, Administration of
- African American prisoners
- African American men
- Race discrimination
- United States
- Label
- The new Jim Crow : mass incarceration in the age of colorblindness, Michelle Alexander ; with a new foreword by Cornel West
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [263]-296) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The rebirth of caste -- The lockdown -- The color of justice -- The cruel hand -- The new Jim Crow -- The fire this time
- Control code
- dnh20140931
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- Revised Edition.
- Extent
- xvii, 312 pages
- Isbn
- 9781595586438
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Label
- The new Jim Crow : mass incarceration in the age of colorblindness, Michelle Alexander ; with a new foreword by Cornel West
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [263]-296) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The rebirth of caste -- The lockdown -- The color of justice -- The cruel hand -- The new Jim Crow -- The fire this time
- Control code
- dnh20140931
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- Revised Edition.
- Extent
- xvii, 312 pages
- Isbn
- 9781595586438
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
Subject
- African American prisoners -- United States
- Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States
- Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- United States
- Race discrimination -- United States
- United States -- Race relations
- African American men -- Social conditions
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- trueThe New York Times Best Sellers - Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction
- trueThe New York Times Best Sellers - Paperback Nonfiction
- trueThe New York Times Best Sellers - Politics and American History
- trueThe New York Times Best Sellers - Race and Civil Rights
- trueThe New York Times Best Sellers - Audio Nonfiction
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