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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instanceOf nonfiction book
political book
sociology book
argues racial control has been redesigned rather than ended after the civil rights movement
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
surface form: United States
discusses employment discrimination against people with criminal records
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 NERFINISHED
criminal justice reform debates in the United States
isTaughtIn university courses on African American studies
university courses on criminal justice
university courses on law
university courses on sociology
language English
mediaType audiobook
ebook
print
notableConcept collateral consequences of felony convictions
colorblind racism
racial caste system
notableReception became a bestseller
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 NERFINISHED
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
late 20th century United States

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Michelle Alexander notableWork The New Jim Crow
Michelle Alexander mainWork The New Jim Crow
this entity surface form: The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
Michelle Alexander hasWritten The New Jim Crow