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The new Jim Crow : mass incarceration in the age of colorblindness / Michelle Alexander.

By: Alexander, Michelle.
Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, N.Y. : [Jackson, Tenn.] : New Press ; Distributed by Perseus Distribution,, c2012Edition: Rev. ed.Bibliography: Includes bibliographic references (p. [263]-296) and index.Description: xvii, 312 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781595586438; 1595586431.Subject(s): Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- United States | Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States | African American prisoners -- United States | African American men -- Social conditions | Race discrimination -- United States | United States -- Race relationsDDC classification: 364.973
Contents:
Forward by Cornel West -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The Birth of Caste -- The Lockdown -- The Color of Justice -- The Cruel Hand -- The New Jim Crow -- The Fire This Time -- Notes -- Index.
Summary: 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.
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Includes bibliographic references (p. [263]-296) and index.

Forward by Cornel West -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The Birth of Caste -- The Lockdown -- The Color of Justice -- The Cruel Hand -- The New Jim Crow -- The Fire This Time -- Notes -- Index.

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.

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