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The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

Name: The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
Rating: 5 (12 reviews)
Author: Michelle Alexander
ISBN: 9781595586438

Michelle Alexander · 2010 · 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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Bill Gates
“My daughter Jenn recommended that I read this novel, which tells the story of a black couple in the South whose marriage gets torn apart by a horrible incident of injustice. Jones is such a good writer that she manages to make you empathize with both of her main characters, even after one makes a difficult decision. The subject matter is heavy but thought-provoking, and I got sucked into Roy and Celestial’s tragic love story.”↗
Elizabeth Warren
“The opening paragraphs knocked me flat.”↗
Steve Kerr
“My friend ⁦@impastormike_⁩ recommended that I read this book. If you’re like me and you want to understand our country and why things are the way they are, this is the book.”↗
Sunny Hostin
“Since it can’t be done in 140 characters might I suggest two books just to start with - The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander, and Between the World and Me written by Ta-Nehisi Coates.”↗
Talib Kweli
“It helps people understand the prison industrial complex.”↗
Alan Cooper
“I’m reading Michelle Alexander’s book The New Jim Crow and my blood is boiling.”↗
Mark Zuckerberg
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