The new Jim Crow : mass incarceration in the age of colorblindness
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Author
Contributors
West, Cornel, writer of foreword.
Published
New York : New Press, 2011.
Format
Book
Edition
Revised edition /
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364.973 ALEXANDE 2012
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Published
New York : New Press, 2011.
Edition
Revised edition /
Physical Desc
xvii, 312 pages : portrait ; 24 cm
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-296) and index.
Description
Law professor Alexander 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. 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.
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Administration of criminal justice -- United States.
African American men -- Social conditions.
African Americans -- United States.
Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States.
Prisoners -- United States.
Race discrimination -- United States.
Race discrimination -- United States.
United States -- Race relations.
United States -- Race relations.
African American men -- Social conditions.
African Americans -- United States.
Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States.
Prisoners -- United States.
Race discrimination -- United States.
Race discrimination -- United States.
United States -- Race relations.
United States -- Race relations.
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