The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colourblindness

Once-in-a-while a book comes along that radically changes our understanding of a political issue. The New Jim Crow is that book. Lawyer and activist Michelle Alexander offers a stunning account of the rebirth of a caste-like system in the United States that has seen millions of African Americans locked behind bars; relegated to a permanent second-class status; and denied the rights supposedly won in the Civil Rights movement. Challenging the notion that Barack Obama’s election signalled a new era of colour-blindness in America, The New Jim Crow argues that racial discrimination was redesigned, not ended. By targeting black men through the so-called War on Drugs and decimating communities of colour, the US criminal justice system functions as a system of racial control, consigning people of colour to permanent second-class status even as it formally adheres to the principles of colour-blindness. A searing call to action for everyone concerned with social justice, The New Jim Crow is one of the most important books about race in the 21st century.

Format: Kindle Edition, Audiobook, Hardcover, & Paperback

Paperback: 432 Pages

Language: English