The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
Michelle AlexanderDiaspora
USA
Contemporary
English
Non-fiction
A legal scholar's argument that mass incarceration has replaced Jim Crow as a system of racial control, targeting Black men through the War on Drugs, stripping rights, and creating a permanent undercaste within the formal law.
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One of the most influential books in American political life of the 21st century; transformed public discourse on criminal justice
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editorial-summarynot primary textA legal scholar's argument that mass incarceration has replaced Jim Crow as a system of racial control, targeting Black men through the War on Drugs, stripping rights, and creating a permanent undercaste within the formal law. One of the most influential books in American political life of the 21st century; transformed public discourse on criminal justice
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