The New Jim Crow

By: M., Alexander,

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. In the words of Benjamin Todd Jealous, president and CEO of the NAACP, this book is a "call to action."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1511832231
• ISBN13: 9781511832236
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 154 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.3" x 6.0"