The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of ColorblindnessThe New Press, 2012 - 312 pages This book seeks to analyze the issue of race in America after the election of Barack Obama. For the author, the U.S. criminal justice system functions can act as a contemporary system of racial control, even as it adheres to the principle of color blindness. |
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The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness Michelle Alexander Limited preview - 2020 |
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness Michelle Alexander No preview available - 2020 |
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