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Once in a great while, a book comes along that changes the way we see the world and helps to fuel a nationwide social movement. *The New Jim Crow* is such a book. Praised by Harvard Law professor Lani Guinier as "brave and bold," this book directly challenges the notion that the election of Barack Obama signals a new era of colorblindness. With dazzling candor, legal scholar Michelle Alexander argues that "we have not ended racial caste in America; we have merely redesigned it." By targeting black men through the War on Drugs and decimating communities of color, the U.S. 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 colorblindness. Most important of all, it has spawned a whole generation of criminal justice reform activists and organizations motivated by Michelle Alexander’s unforgettable argument that “we have not ended racial caste in America; we have merely redesigned it.” Now, ten years after it was first published, The New Press is proud to issue a tenth-anniversary edition with a new preface by Michelle Alexander that discusses the impact t

Who reads The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration In The Age Of Colorblindness?

Author

Alexander, Michelle & West, Cornel

Publisher

The New Press

Published

2019

Language

EN

ISBN

9780141990682

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Social Science, Political Science, Law

Rating

4.49 / 5 (51 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13