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The New Jim Crow

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
AuthorMichelle Alexander
LanguageEnglish
SubjectCriminal justice, race discrimination, race relations
GenreNon-fiction
PublisherThe New Press
Publication date
2010; new edition 2020
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint
Pages312
ISBN978-1-59558-643-8
364.973
LC ClassHV9950 .A437

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness is a 2010 book by Michelle Alexander, a civil rights litigator and legal scholar. The book discusses race-related issues specific to African-American males and mass incarceration in the United States, but Alexander noted that the discrimination faced by African-American males is prevalent among other minorities and socio-economically disadvantaged populations. Alexander's central premise, from which the book derives its title, is that "mass incarceration is, metaphorically, the New Jim Crow".[1]


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