04168nam a22006495i 4500 33833 BD-DhAAL 20211121161519.0 180930t2012 nyuc b 001 0 eng d 40051 40051 2014482312 GBB172606 bnb 015826384 Uk 1595586431 9781595586438 9781595581037 1595581030 9781595588197 (OCoLC)ocn656451603 BTCTA eng BTCTA rda YDXCP CLE MUM BDX XII JQJ VTL IG$ ITC LMBTN ONS ABG OCLCQ EDK IXA EYP JP3 NSB ORC OCLCF P4I NSB VP@ WAU OTZ DGU LMR OCLCQ WAU OCLCO IDU UKMGB A7U IBI OVY DRU OCLCO DLC BD-DhAAL lccopycat n-us--- 364.973 22 Alexander, Michelle 28326 The new Jim Crow : mass incarceration in the age of colorblindness / Michelle Alexander ; with a new foreword by Cornel West Mass incarceration in the age of colorblindness Revised edition. New York : New Press, 2012 xvii, 312 pages : portrait ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-296) and index. The rebirth of caste -- The lockdown -- The color of justice -- The cruel hand -- The new Jim Crow -- The fire this time. This work argues that the War on Drugs and policies that deny convicted felons equal access to employment, housing, education, and public benefits create a permanent under caste based largely on race. As the United States celebrates the nation's "triumph over race" with the election of Barack Obama, the majority of young black men in major American cities are locked behind bars or have been labeled felons for life. Although Jim Crow laws have been wiped off the books, an astounding percentage of the African American community remains trapped in a subordinate status - much like their grandparents before them. In this incisive critique, former litigator-turned-legal-scholar Michelle Alexander provocatively argues that we have not ended racial caste in America: we have simply redesigned it. Alexander shows that, by targeting black men and decimating communities of color, the U.S. criminal justice system functions as a contemporary system of racial control, even as it formally adheres to the principle of color blindness. The New Jim Crow challenges the civil rights community - and all of us - to place mass incarceration at the forefront of a new movement for racial justice in America. ENH Trim Education 33833 Discrimination in criminal justice administration United States. 28327 Criminal justice, Administration of United States. 28328 African American prisoners United States. 28329 African American men Social conditions. 28330 Race discrimination United States. 28331 English language. 42961 African American men Social conditions. fast 28330 African American prisoners. fast 28332 Criminal justice, Administration of. fast 28333 Discrimination in criminal justice administration. fast 28334 Race discrimination. fast 28335 Race relations. fast 28336 Administration of criminal justice United States. sears 28337 African Americans United States. sears 28338 Prisoners United States. sears 28339 Race discrimination United States. sears 28331 United States Race relations. 28340 United States. fast 28341 United States Race relations. sears 28340 West, Cornel, writer of foreword 28342 Ayesha Abed Library General Stacks ddc BK 0 0 ddc 0 364_973000000000000_ALE 0 64422 BRACUL BRACUL GEN 2018-09-24 Trim Education 1895.00 0 364.973 ALE 3010033833 2018-09-24 1 1895.00 2018-09-24 BK