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Issuu is a digital publishing platform that makes it simple to publish magazines, catalogs, newspapers, books, and more online. Named one of the most influential books of the last 20 years by the chronicle of higher education. The book discusses racerelated issues specific to africanamerican males and mass incarceration in the united states, but alexander noted that the discrimination faced by africanamerican males is prevalent among other minorities and socioeconomically disadvantaged populations. Slate two years after obamas election, alexander put the entire criminal justice system on trial, exposing racial. This book taught me an amazing amount about the facts and results of what the author calls the new jim crow the war on drugs, and the changes in legal and policing procedures that followed upon it. Request for permission to reproduce selections from this book should be mailed. This book will change the way you think about criminal and judicial systems in the us. Diversity program ed williams 1st amendment award eeo public file. Mass incarceration is not the new jim crow orchestrated. After looking at a pamphlet, proclaiming that drug war is the new jim crow, the author ignored it as a theory promoted by a bunch of conspiracy guys. The new jim crow discredited, advocates demand revision radical scholars and social justice activists say the popular discourse of the new jim crow promotes a false understanding of mass incarceration in the united states and serves to reinforce the status quo by quietly separating mass incarceration from its most defining and central features. Mass incarceration in the age of colorblindness and you will have a clear understanding of many aspects of the current criminal justice system from cops to courts to prisons and beyond. It will shine a light on a new form of segregation based on race.

Winner of the naacp image award for nonfiction the new jim crow transformed forever the way thinkers and activists view the phenomenon of mass incarceration. Easily share your publications and get them in front of issuus. Argues that the war on drugs and policies that deny convicted felons equal access to employment, housing, education and. Praised by harvard law professor lani guinier as brave and bold, this book directly challenges the notion that the election of. The new jim crow discredited, advocates demand revision. The books homepage helps you explore earths biggest bookstore without ever leaving the comfort of your couch. Chapter one of the new jim crow by michelle alexander.

John legend quoted the book s argument that more black people are imprisoned today than were enslaved in 1850. This important book, first published in america nearly 10 years ago, explains how the us justice system works against black people. Mass incarceration in the age of colorblindness the bestselling book that helped to transform the. The untold story of 18 african americans who defied jim crow and adolf hitler to compete in the 1936 berlin olympics draper, deborah riley, underwood, blair, thrasher, travis on. Steve marioti, writing for huffington post, called it a must read for every american.

Here youll find current best sellers in books, new releases in books, deals in books, kindle ebooks, audible audiobooks, and so much more. At this point, everybody and their mama has heard of the new jim crow. Buy new jim crow, the reprint by michelle alexander isbn. According to williams 2007, in 2005 an estimated 2. Alexanders central premise, from which the book derives its title, is that. It makes me ashamed for the evils my country has inflicted yet again on its black population.