The New Jim Crow (2010)
The New Jim Crow is a 2010 administration of criminal justice book written by Michelle Alexander.
Michelle Alexander, a civil rights lawyer and legal scholar, argues that mass incarceration in the United States works as a system of racial control comparable to the segregation it was meant to end. She traces how the war on drugs, policing, sentencing, and the lifelong penalties that trail a felony conviction combine to push large numbers of African American men out of full citizenship, all while the country tells itself it has grown colorblind. First published in 2010, it builds its case with statistics, legal history, and a steady, unsparing tone.
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What is The New Jim Crow about?
Michelle Alexander, a civil rights lawyer and legal scholar, argues that mass incarceration in the United States works as a system of racial control comparable to the segregation it was meant to end. She traces how the war on drugs, policing, sentencing, and the lifelong penalties that trail a felony conviction combine to push large numbers of African American men out of full citizenship, all while the country tells itself it has grown colorblind. First published in 2010, it builds its case with statistics, legal history, and a steady, unsparing tone.
When was The New Jim Crow published?
The New Jim Crow was published in 2010.
Who made The New Jim Crow?
The New Jim Crow was written by Michelle Alexander.
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A book that reshaped how a generation talks about American criminal justice. Read it for the argument and the evidence, not for reassurance; its central claim is meant to unsettle. Michelle Alexander writes like a litigator building a case, so it rewards readers willing to sit with policy detail and follow the chain from arrest to permanent second-class status.
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