The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness (Paperback) By Michelle Alexander. The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander will pick up your everyday white liberal guilt, tie it in knots, and leave you wondering how you could have ever been so simple-minded as to think colorblindness was benign, let alone desirable. 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.”. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. A tenth-anniversary edition of the iconic bestseller--"one of the most influential books of the past 20 years," according to the Chronicle of Higher Education--with a new preface by the author "It is in no small part thanks to Alexander's account that civil rights organizations such as Black Lives Matter have focused so much of their energy on the criminal justice system."
Seldom does a book have the impact of Michelle Alexander's The New Jim Crow. To order a copy … Alexander is a visiting professor at Union Theological Seminary and an opinion columnist for the New York Times. Ms.Alexander has put together a very articulate, well-researched, factual, though disturbing peace.
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$14.95 a month after 30 days. 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. • Newsletter The central question of Political Philosophy is, “How to share liberties and resources fairly?” Rarely, does Political Philosophy look at the Cultural and Institutional barriers to answering this question. These promotions will be applied to this item: Named one of the most important nonfiction books of the 21st century by Entertainment Weekly‚ Slate‚ Chronicle of Higher Education‚ Literary Hub, Book Riot‚ and Zora, A tenth-anniversary edition of the iconic bestseller—“one of the most influential books of the past 20 years,” according to the Chronicle of Higher Education—with a new preface by the author, “It is in no small part thanks to Alexander’s account that civil rights organizations such as Black Lives Matter have focused so much of their energy on the criminal justice system.” —Adam Shatz, London Review of Books. Solid Points Overshadowed by an Obvious Bias, Reviewed in the United States on August 6, 2018. $18.99 . DARK KNIGHTS 4 : The Dark Humor of Police Officers, DARK KNIGHTS 2: The Dark Humor of Police Officers, The Emptiness of Our Hands: 47 Days on the Streets. Point-after-point, example-after-example, of how the United States criminal justice system in such need of reform. • Book Reviews Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 19, 2016. If you need assistance with this website, please contact us. 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. Please try again. It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. Amazing read! 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. Seldom does a book have the impact of Michelle Alexander’s The New Jim Crow. I recommend a more well-rounded read, such as: Locked In. I came to this book as part of the 'final nail in the coffin' that were the documentary "13th" and the angering documentary on Khalief Browder, a young, intelligent, conscientious African American who courageously (heroically, as it cost him his life) stood up to a racist system that was bending backwards into crushing and breaking him because he had the sole audacity of standing up to it for his civil rights and innocence, rather than letting it relegate him to the 2+ million others (and more, as one should count those “processed” by the legal system as legitimate victims too) that had been "beaten" into submission. While Alexander makes several good points about the dilemma of the US criminal Justice system, a system admittedly with many flaws, she constantly employs false dichotomies and uses single statistics to overreach and convey a conclusion that simply isn't supported by her evidence. I ordered this ebook for my Kindle and when I tried to read the book on my Kindle, I was given the message: Unavailable for Download. Exclusive Prime Offer: For a limited time, get an Audible Annual Membership with 12 credits upfront, good for any of the titles in our premium selection, for just $99.50. It's not light reading, and it can be slow at times, but I believe that every politically concerned American and commentator should read this book. • Upcoming Events. This book brought to light alot of racially charged issues but it was far too emotionally based for my liking.
“In The New Jim Crow, Michelle Alexander tirelessly researches both the legal history of America's Jim Crow past and the current legal policies that contribute to the mass incarceration of black people. Reviewed in the United States on December 2, 2018. The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, 10th Anniversary Edition Audible Audiobook – Unabridged Michelle Alexander (Author), Karen Chilton (Narrator), Recorded Books (Publisher) & 0 more 80/20 Your Life! this book was assigned reading. ©2010, 2012, 2020 Michelle Alexander (P)2012, 2020 Recorded Books. Fast, FREE delivery, video streaming, music, and much more. --Adam Shatz, London Review of Books. The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America, White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism, Solid Points Overshadowed by an Obvious Bias, Reviewed in the United States on August 6, 2018. It is an imperative analysis as to how this democratic crisis has replaced the Jim Crow era and why it is equally discriminative, destructive and more so a strategic means of maintaining our version of a caste system.
Critical book loses plot on one "benign" comment which discredits BLM to no more than a "so what? Dark Knights: The Dark Humor of Police Officers. The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness is a book by Michelle Alexander, a civil rights litigator and legal scholar. A masterpiece of modern Political thought, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 6, 2017. Seldom does a book have the impact of Michelle Alexander’s The New Jim Crow.