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The Resource The new Jim Crow : mass incarceration in the age of colorblindness, Michelle Alexander

The new Jim Crow : mass incarceration in the age of colorblindness, Michelle Alexander

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This work 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. In this incisive critique, former litigator-turned-legal-scholar Michelle Alexander provocatively argues that we have not ended racial caste in America: we have simply redesigned it. 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
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
  • Revised edition /
  • with a new foreword by Cornel West.
Extent
1 online resource (xvii, 312 pages)
Contents
  • The rebirth of caste
  • The lockdown
  • The color of justice
  • The cruel hand
  • The new Jim Crow
  • The fire this time
Isbn
9781595588197
Instance
Label
The new Jim Crow : mass incarceration in the age of colorblindness
Title
The new Jim Crow
Title remainder
mass incarceration in the age of colorblindness
Statement of responsibility
Michelle Alexander
Title variation
Mass incarceration in the age of colorblindness
Creator
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
This work 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. In this incisive critique, former litigator-turned-legal-scholar Michelle Alexander provocatively argues that we have not ended racial caste in America: we have simply redesigned it. 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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digitized
Cataloging source
TEFOD
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Alexander, Michelle
Dewey number
364.973
Index
index present
LC call number
HV9950
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • dictionaries
  • bibliography
NLM call number
HV 9950
NLM item number
.A437n 2012
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  • Discrimination in criminal justice administration
  • Criminal justice, Administration of
  • African American prisoners
  • African American men
  • Race discrimination
  • United States
  • Social Discrimination
  • Racism
  • African Americans
  • Criminal Law
  • United States
  • SOCIAL SCIENCE
  • Crime
  • African American men
  • African American prisoners
  • Criminal justice, Administration of
  • Discrimination in criminal justice administration
  • Race discrimination
  • Race relations
  • United States
  • Administration of criminal justice
  • African Americans
  • Prisoners
  • Race discrimination
  • United States
Label
The new Jim Crow : mass incarceration in the age of colorblindness, Michelle Alexander
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Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-296) and index
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
mixed
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
The rebirth of caste -- The lockdown -- The color of justice -- The cruel hand -- The new Jim Crow -- The fire this time
Control code
680283193
Dimensions
unknown
Edition
  • Revised edition /
  • with a new foreword by Cornel West.
Extent
1 online resource (xvii, 312 pages)
Form of item
online
Isbn
9781595588197
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
a9f5f559-e745-4244-b0e9-ba2e4b6c4008
Reproduction note
Electronic reproduction.
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)680283193
System details
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Label
The new Jim Crow : mass incarceration in the age of colorblindness, Michelle Alexander
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-296) and index
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
mixed
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
The rebirth of caste -- The lockdown -- The color of justice -- The cruel hand -- The new Jim Crow -- The fire this time
Control code
680283193
Dimensions
unknown
Edition
  • Revised edition /
  • with a new foreword by Cornel West.
Extent
1 online resource (xvii, 312 pages)
Form of item
online
Isbn
9781595588197
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
a9f5f559-e745-4244-b0e9-ba2e4b6c4008
Reproduction note
Electronic reproduction.
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)680283193
System details
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.

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