Michelle Alexander: US Prisons, The New Jim Crow

Litigator-turned-legal-scholar Michelle Alexander, author of The New Jim Crow, argues that we have not ended racial caste in America, we have simply redesigned it: The U.S. criminal justice system functions as a contemporary means of racial control, even as it formally adheres to the principle of color blindness. Her provocative new book 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. 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.

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Monday, March 14th, 2011 Truth

2 Comments to Michelle Alexander: US Prisons, The New Jim Crow

  1. Now I know who the brainy one is, I’ll keep looking for your posts.

  2. Rena on January 20th, 2012
  3. I read and understand the entire article and i really enjoyed it to be honest.

  4. Carla on June 14th, 2012

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