02716cam a2200349 4500 525763628 TxAuBib 20211106120000.0 ||||||s2012||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781595588197 1595588191 a9f5f559-e745-4244-b0e9-ba2e4b6c4008 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 711736 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Alexander Michelle. The New Jim Crow [OverDrive]. The New Press, 2012. criminology. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 909kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Law. Politics. Sociology. Nonfiction. HTML:<p>Once in a great while a book comes along that changes the way we see the world and helps to fuel a nationwide social movement. <i>The New Jim Crow</i> is such a book. Praised by Harvard Law professor Lani Guinier as "brave and bold," this book directly challenges the notion that the election of Barack Obama signals a new era of colorblindness. With dazzling candor, legal scholar Michelle Alexander argues that "we have not ended racial caste in America; we have merely redesigned it." By targeting black men through the War on Drugs and decimating communities of color, the U.S. criminal justice system functions as a contemporary system of racial control—relegating millions to a permanent second-class status—even as it formally adheres to the principle of colorblindness. In the words of Benjamin Todd Jealous, president and CEO of the NAACP, this book is a "call to action."<br /> Called "stunning" by Pulitzer Prize–winning historian David Levering Lewis, "invaluable" by the <i>Daily Kos</i>, "explosive" by <i>Kirkus</i>, and "profoundly necessary" by the <i>Miami Herald</i>, this updated and revised paperback edition of <i>The New Jim Crow</i>, now with a foreword by Cornel West, is a must-read for all people of conscience.</p>. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2021-11-04 17:40:22. West, Cornel. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/1486-1/A9F/5F5/59/NewJimCrow9781595588197.epub Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=A9F5F559-E745-4244-B0E9-BA2E4B6C4008&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/1486-1/A9F/5F5/59/NewJimCrow9781595588197.epub Excerpt (OverDrive Read) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=A9F5F559-E745-4244-B0E9-BA2E4B6C4008&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)