An Analysis of Michelle Alexander's The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

by Ryan Moore

Book Overview

Michelle Alexander's The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness is an unflinching dissection of the racial biases built into the American prison system. Named after the laws that enforced racial segregation in the southern United States until the mid-1960s, The New Jim Crow argues that while America is now legally a colorblind society - treating all races equally under the law - many factors combine to build profound racial...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 191212887X
• ISBN13: 9781912128877
• Release Date: July 2017
• Publisher: Macat Library
• Length: 100 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.1" x 7.8"