Once in a great while a book comes along that radically changes our understanding of a crucial political issue and helps to fuel a social movement. The New Jim Crow is such a book. Lawyer and activist Michelle Alexander offers a stunning account of the rebirth of a caste-like system in the United States, one that has resulted in millions of African Americans locked behind bars and then relegated to a permanent second-class status, denied the very rights supposedly won in the Civil Rights movement.
Challenging the notion that the election of Barack Obama signalled a new era of colourblindness in the United States, The New Jim Crow reveals how racial discrimination was not ended but merely redesigned. By targeting black men through the War on Drugs and decimating communities of colour, the American 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 colourblindness.
A searing call to action for everyone concerned with social justice, The New Jim Crow is one of the most important books about race in the 21st century.
| ISBN: | 9780141990675 |
| Publication date: | 6th June 2019 |
| Author: | Michelle Alexander |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 432 pages |
| Primary Genre | Mind, body, spirit |
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Once in a great while a book comes along that radically changes our understanding of a crucial political issue and helps to fuel a social movement. The New Jim Crow is such a book.
The New Jim Crow features in the following genres: Mind, body, spirit, History, Social discrimination and social justice, Penology and punishment, Human rights, civil rights, Health & Fitness, History and Archaeology, Social and ethical issues, Society and culture: general, Society and Social Sciences, Crime and criminology, Social services and welfare, criminology, Political control and freedoms, Politics and government
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The New Jim Crow was written by Michelle Alexander and published by Penguin Books Ltd
The New Jim Crow has 432 pages
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