The New Jim Crow
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The New Jim Crow is a groundbreaking nonfiction book by legal scholar Michelle Alexander that argues mass incarceration in the United States functions as a modern system of racial control.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| The New Jim Crow canonical | 2 |
| The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
nonfiction book
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political book ⓘ sociology book ⓘ |
| argues |
racial control has been redesigned rather than ended after the civil rights movement
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the War on Drugs disproportionately targets Black communities NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Michelle Alexander NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awarded | NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work – Nonfiction NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralClaim | mass incarceration functions as a racial caste system in the United States ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| discusses |
employment discrimination against people with criminal records
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housing discrimination against people with criminal records ⓘ mandatory minimum sentencing ⓘ plea bargaining in drug cases ⓘ racial profiling ⓘ stop-and-frisk policies ⓘ voter disenfranchisement of people with felony convictions ⓘ |
| genre | nonfiction ⓘ |
| hasEdition | 10th anniversary edition ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 978-1-59558-103-7 ⓘ |
| hasOCLCNumber | 318191839 ⓘ |
| influenced |
Black Lives Matter movement
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criminal justice reform debates in the United States ⓘ |
| isTaughtIn |
university courses on African American studies
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university courses on criminal justice ⓘ university courses on law ⓘ university courses on sociology ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mediaType |
audiobook
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ebook ⓘ print ⓘ |
| notableConcept |
collateral consequences of felony convictions
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colorblind racism ⓘ racial caste system ⓘ |
| notableReception |
became a bestseller
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widely cited in academic scholarship on mass incarceration ⓘ |
| pageCount | approximately 336 ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2010 ⓘ |
| publisher | The New Press NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingDescribed | post–civil rights era United States ⓘ |
| subject |
African Americans
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War on Drugs NERFINISHED ⓘ criminal justice system of the United States ⓘ mass incarceration ⓘ racial discrimination in the United States ⓘ |
| subtitle | Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered |
early 21st century United States
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late 20th century United States ⓘ |
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The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness