The new Jim Crow

By Karen Chilton, Michelle Alexander

Subjects: Criminal law, Rassendiskriminierung, Segregation, United States -- Race relations, nyt:paperback_nonfiction=2012-01-14, Mass incarceration, Condiciones sociales, Presos -- Estados Unidos, Racisme en criminologie, LAW / Criminal Law / General, Race discrimination--united states, Hommes noirs américains, Justice pénale, Conditions sociales, African americans, Criminal justice, administration of, Rasdiskriminering, Racism in criminal justice administration, Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- United States, 364.973, African Americans, Criminal justice, administration of--united states, African americans--united states, Hv9950 .a437 2010, Administration of Criminal justice, General, African American prisoners, New York Times bestseller, African American men, Racism in criminology, Prisoners, Histoire, Justicia penal, Administración de la -- Estados Unidos, Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States, Umschulungswerkstätten für siedler und auswanderer, African american men, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, Discriminación racial, Administration of criminal justice, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, LAW, Prisonniers noirs américains, Prisoners, united states, Discrimination dans l'administration de la justice pénale, Criminal Law, Strafjustiz, Justicia penal, Administración de la, Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer, Ségrégation, Relations raciales, Race discrimination -- United States, Law, Race discrimination, Social conditions, Discrimination in criminal justice administration, New york times bestseller, Afronorteamericanos -- Condiciones sociales, History, Discriminación racial -- Estados Unidos, United states, race relations, Afronorteamericanos, Noirs américains, Nyt:paperback_nonfiction=2012-01-14, Presos, African American men -- Social conditions, African american prisoners, Relaciones raciales, Administration, Race relations, African americans, social conditions, Legal status, laws, Afro-amerikanska fångar, Estados Unidos -- Relaciones raciales

Description: This work argues that the War on Drugs and policies that deny convicted felons equal access to employment, housing, education, and public benefits create a permanent under caste based largely on race.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.