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This work argues that the War on Drugs and policies that deny convicted felons equal access to employment, housing, education, and public benefits create a permanent under caste based largely on race. As the United States celebrates the nation's "triumph over race" with the election of Barack Obama, the majority of young black men in major American cities are locked behind bars or have been labeled felons for life. Although Jim Crow laws have been...
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AntHiveMedia
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2016
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English
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This is a Summary of Michelle Alexander's The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of ColorblindnessThe New Jim Crow is 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."...
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Worth Books
Pub. Date:
2016
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English
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So much to read, so little time? This brief overview of The New Jim Crow tells you what you need to know-before or after you read Michelle Alexander's eBook. Crafted and edited with care, Worth Books set the standard for quality and give you the tools you need to be a well-informed reader. This short summary and analysis of The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander includes: Historical context Chapter-by-chapter summaries Detailed timeline of key events...
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Macat
Pub. Date:
2016
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English
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The United States has the world's largest prison population, with more than two million behind bars. Civil rights lawyer Michelle Alexander says this is mainly due to the American government's "war on drugs," launched in 1982 under President Ronald Reagan. In 2010's The New Jim Crow, Alexander explains how this government initiative led to America's black citizens being imprisoned on a colossal scale. She compares this mass detention-with black men...
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AntHiveMedia
Pub. Date:
2016
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English
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This Summary Pack is a Feature Series of Real History and includes these New York Times non-fiction bestsellers: Alexander Hamilton, The New Jim Crow, Dead Wake, The Big Short, SapiensRON CHERNOW'S ALEXANDER HAMILTON is a voluminous book which chronicles the life and legacy of one of America's Founding Fathers.MICHELLE ALEXANDER'S THE NEW JIM CROW: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness aims to reach three main audiences with this book. The...
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Third Half Publishing
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2015
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English
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In coffee shops, convenience stores, and courthouses across the country, Americans are struggling to agree on why the justice system they have is not the justice system they want. Dramatically different experiences with it frustrate every attempt at a common description of the problem, and the grim consensus that filling prisons and detention centers is almost no one's goal gives no hint to what the solution could be. But recently, analyses such as...