The new Jim Crow : mass incarceration in the age of colorblindness
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West, Cornel writer of foreword.
Published
New York : The New Press, [2020].
Edition
Tenth anniversary edition.
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xlix, 377 pages ; 23 cm
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Incline Village Library - Adult Nonfiction
364.973 ALEXAN 2020
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Spanish Springs Library - Adult Nonfiction
364.973 ALEXAN 2020
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Published
New York : The New Press, [2020].
Format
Book
Edition
Tenth anniversary edition.
Language
English

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-364) and index.
Description
"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."--BOOK JACKET.
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"A tenth-anniversary edition of the iconic bestseller'"one of the most influential books of the 20 years," according to the Chronicle of Higher Education'with a new preface by the author. Seldom does a book have the impact of Michelle Alexander's The New Jim Crow. Since it was first published in 2010, it has been cited in judicial decisions and has been adopted in campus-wide and community-wide reads; it helped inspire the creation of the Marshall Project and the new $100 million Art for Justice Fund; it has been the winner of numerous prizes, including the prestigious NAACP Image Award; and it has spent nearly 250 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. Most important of all, it has spawned a whole generation of criminal justice reform activists and organizations motivated by Michelle Alexander's unforgettable argument that "we have not ended racial caste in America; we have merely redesigned it." As the Birmingham News proclaimed, it is "undoubtedly the most important book published in this century about the U.S." Now, ten years after it was first published, The New Press is proud to issue a tenth-anniversary edition with a new preface by Michelle Alexander that discusses the impact the book has had and the state of the criminal justice reform movement today."--Provided by publisher.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Alexander, M., & West, C. (2020). The new Jim Crow: mass incarceration in the age of colorblindness (Tenth anniversary edition.). The New Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Alexander, Michelle and Cornel West. 2020. The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness. The New Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Alexander, Michelle and Cornel West. The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness The New Press, 2020.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Alexander, Michelle,, and Cornel West. The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness Tenth anniversary edition., The New Press, 2020.

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