News
Events
Blogs
The new Jim Crow : mass incarceration in the age of colorblindness /
"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 asto...
Saved in:
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
New Press,
2010.
|
| Subjects and Genres: | |
| Online Access: | Additional Information at Google Books |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| Summary: |
"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, who lived under an explicit system of control. In this ... 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."--BOOK JACKET.--Book jacket |
|---|---|
| Physical Description: |
xi, 290 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-279) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781595581037 1595581030 |