The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of ColorblindnessThis book seeks to analyze the issue of race in America after the election of Barack Obama. For the author, the U.S. criminal justice system functions can act as a contemporary system of racial control, even as it adheres to the principle of color blindness. |
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User Review - jordanjones - LibraryThingThis is a powerful book on how the criminal "justice" system and which crimes we decide to punish has effectively created a new Jim Crow, where many African Americans serve years of incarceration ... Read full review
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User Review - Acdtrux - LibraryThingThis has a lot of good statistics and the author argues her case convincingly. It was particularly interesting for me to see how (intentionally) vague rules can be used as a political tool in America, in this case to allow unconscious racial biases to be brought to the forefront. Read full review
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness |
| Author | Michelle Alexander |
| Contributor | Cornel West |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint, revised |
| Publisher | The New Press, 2012 |
| ISBN | 1595586431, 9781595586438 |
| Length | 312 pages |
| Subjects | › › Social Science / Criminology Social Science / Discrimination & Race Relations Social Science / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies Social Science / Penology |
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