The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

by Alexander, Michelle
ISBN: 9781620971932
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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

Seldom does a book have the impact of Michelle Alexander's The New Jim Crow. Since it was first published in 2010, it has been cited in judicial decisions and has been adopted in campus-wide and community-wide reads; it helped inspire the creation of the Marshall Project and the new $100 million Art for Justice Fund; it has been the winner of numerous prizes, including the prestigious NAACP Image Award; and it has spent nearly 250 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list.

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."

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.

  • Format: TradePaperback
  • Author: Alexander, Michelle
  • ISBN: 9781620971932
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 8.40 x 1.30
  • Number Of Pages: 352
  • Publication Year: 2020

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  • Eye opener

    Lesley M. - 2 years 4 months ago

    Michelle Alexander really brought my attention to the severity in which the US criminal justice system is broken and in dire need of reform. Before reading this book I was unaware of the war on drugs targeting primarily minority communities and how those convicted of even minor drug charges are effectively locked out of society.

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  • The way Blacks have been subjected to ongoing marginalization and denigration through their treatment by the penal justice system in America.

    Gabriel S. - 3 years 11 months ago

    THE NEW JIM CROW is considered by many to be the definitive work on the subject of Black male incarceration.

  • Very Enlightening

    Holly P. - 4 years 11 months ago

    This book has been on my list probably since it came out and I don’t know why it took me this long to read it. It was really informative about the justice system — I knew it was flawed, but this really puts facts and stories behind it, and it helped me understand all of the ways in which it is problematic. The criminal justice system in America is something that has fascinated and infuriated me over the years. This book really laid out HOW the system got to be this way. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who’s educating themselves on racism in America, especially incarceration. It’s a critical part of systemic racism that’s worth educating yourself about. #SpringPicks

  • A mandatory read for anyone interested in social justice in the U.S.

    Alex W. - 5 years 4 months ago

    Michelle Alexander has done an incredible job with her book "The New Jim Crow" in which she uncovers and contextualizes the epidemic of mass incarceration in our current age of colorblindness. Well researched and clearly presented, this is a heartbreaking look at our justice system. Alexander writes from the heart but also from years of meticulous research and her own work in racial justice reform. I was blown away by the lucidity of her writing and the construction of her argument for prison reform. She clearly articulates the need for change of the rampant felonization of people of color. It is a call for empathy and understanding in times that seem to need so much of both. I highly recommend it.

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  • Necessary

    Laura S. - 5 years 6 months ago

    A vital and brilliant read. Necessary for all Americans, especially those of us who are white. #BannedBook