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

Description

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. Read more

Features:

Product Details:

• Publisher ‏ : ‎ The New Press (January 16, 2012)
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• Paperback ‏ : ‎ 336 pages
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1595586431
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 38
• Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ NC1390L
• Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.04 pounds
• Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.25 x 1 x 9.25 inches
• Best Sellers Rank: #207,731 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #92 in Criminal Procedure Law #255 in Civil Rights & Liberties (Books) #569 in Criminology (Books)
• #92 in Criminal Procedure Law