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.
Most important of all, it has spawned a whole generation of criminal justice reform activists and organizations motivated by Michelle Alexander’s unforgettable argument that “we have not ended racial caste in America; we have merely redesigned it.”
Categories: Jurisprudence & Law - Civil Rights Law
Year: 2010
Edition: 1
Publisher: The New Press
Language: English
Pages: 314
ISBN 10: 1595581030
ISBN 13: 9781595581037
File: 430 KB