The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
The New Jim Crow presents Michelle Alexander's compelling argument that mass incarceration has redesigned racial caste in America, not ended it. This influential work has sparked a generation of activists and organizations dedicated to criminal justice reform. The tenth-anniversary edition features a new preface reflecting on its impact and the movement's progress today.
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The New Jim Crow argues that mass incarceration in the age of colorblindness represents a redesign of racial caste in America. It highlights how policies and practices have not ended racial inequality but have transformed it into a new system of control.
The book has inspired a generation of criminal justice reform activists and organizations. Its unforgettable central argument has motivated widespread efforts to address systemic injustices in the U.S. legal system.
Published by The New Press, this tenth-anniversary edition includes a new preface by Michelle Alexander. The preface discusses the book's lasting impact and the current state of the criminal justice reform movement today.
Recognized for its significance, the book has been proclaimed as undoubtedly the most important publication of the century on the U.S. by the Birmingham News.
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