The new Jim Crow : mass incarceration in the age of colorblindness
(2020, original release: 2010)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
364.973/ALEXANDER,M
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : New Press, 2020
©2020
©2020
EDITION
Tenth anniversary edition
DESCRIPTION
xlix, 377 pages ; 23 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781620975459, 1620975459, 9781620971932, 1620971933, 9781620975459
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Originally published: 2010
The rebirth of caste -- The lockdown -- The color of justice -- The cruel hand -- The new Jim Crow -- The fire this time
Alexander offers an indictment of the criminal justice system, arguing 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. Includes a new preface for the tenth-anniversary edition discussing the impact the book has had and the state of the criminal justice reform movement today
"Preface to the Tenth Anniversary Edition ©2020 by Michelle Alexander."--Title page verso