The New Jim Crow
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness is a 2010 book by Michelle Alexander, a civil rights litigator and legal scholar. The book discusses race-related issues specific to African-American males and mass incarceration in the United States, but Alexander noted that the discrimination faced by African-American males is prevalent among other minorities and socio-economically disadvantaged populations. Alexander's central premise, from which the book derives its title, is that "mass incarceration is, metaphorically, the New Jim Crow". --wikipedia
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Civil rights lawyer Michelle Alexander argues that the war on drugs and the mass incarceration that followed have built a new racial caste system in the United States. She traces the legal moves from the late 1970s onward and the lifetime second-class citizenship that follows a felony conviction.
The New Jim Crow argues that the U.S. mass-incarceration system has functioned as a racial caste system comparable to Jim Crow segregation. Michelle Alexander draws on legal history, statistics, and personal cases to make the argument.
Yes. The New Jim Crow (2010) remains widely cited in criminal-justice reform conversations. A 10th-anniversary edition was published in 2020 with additional commentary on developments since the original.
The New Jim Crow was written by Michelle Alexander, published in 2000 by New Press, The.
The New Jim Crow is 301 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, The New Jim Crow takes most readers 5 to 7 hours to finish.
The New Jim Crow is a standalone novel by Michelle Alexander, not part of a series.
The New Jim Crow is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.
