The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness [NOOK Book]

AMAZING.. everyone should read this book!!!!!!

this book is absolutely brilliant. Alexander writes very well, so it's an easy read despite its heavy content. This book provides a compelling case for her assertion that the criminal justice system's overtly discriminatory practices have successfully contributed to undercaste in today's society. It starts a bit slow as I was wondering how she was going to prove her claims, but once you get a little farther in you're hooked! The evidence is APPALLING! It felt like I was reading about the USSR's justice system rather than America's! If white Americans were treated in this insane way, these policies would've been reversed years ago. It is an eye-opening read, especially for someone who is white and not intimately knowledgeable about the US criminal justice system. Highly recommended!!!

6 out of 6 people found this review helpful.

I think the most important part that she left out was parental g

I think the most important part that she left out was parental guidance. If you know how the criminal justice system operates toward our black males, then as a parent, no matter what your financial background is it important that our youth is taught not to engage in criminal activity. If you do the crime you are going to do the time!

5 out of 9 people found this review helpful.

Physical, Mental, & Emotional Lock-down.

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander (2010)
*Thought provoking.
*Informative.
*Well-developed.
*Enlightening & educational.
*Well researched with plenty of references.
*Gives the reader a history of the "criminal justice system" as a way to control certain ethnic and cultural groups. *The 4th amendment right is explained.
*Offers insight to a system that affects and effects each and every person living in America.
*Well worth reading to make you knowledgeable about the topic discussed.

5 out of 6 people found this review helpful.

The New Jim Crow

I can't believe someone was brave enough to write this. The only problem is with the title. The word Genoicide should be in there somewhere. Call it what it REALLY is.

5 out of 8 people found this review helpful.

While any thoughtful person will admit that racism exists in the

While any thoughtful person will admit that racism exists in the USA, most still will be shocked by the extent that it's supported, spread and encouraged by government agencies at all levels. This is primarily through the official justice system and enhanced by federal funding and the media, over the past few decades manipulated and fused to a non-issue made into a bugaboo for political ends, the War on Drugs. The author has thoroughly researched and makes a titanium-strength case about this indefensible condition, supported at nearly every turn by the legal system and ignored by our elected and appointed officials. This book should serve as a call to arms for all people who despise the waste of human skills and potential or who have a repugnance against injustice.

3 out of 5 people found this review helpful.

A New Paradigm

Alexander does a masterful job at taking the reader through the history of caste in the US. She then offers a plausible solution, although certanly not an easy one, to the problem. This book should be read by anyone currently affected by drugs and incarceration and by politicans seeking a solution to the problem of exploding deficits and the expense of mass incarceration.

3 out of 4 people found this review helpful.

One of the best books that I've read in over a decade. This book

One of the best books that I've read in over a decade. This book tells it like it is and the "is" ain't pretty. Michelle does a wonderful job explaining in layman's terms how racial control systems are still very much a part of our society today.

2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

Very interesting, a little repetitive

Alexander makes a great argument here about the criminal justice system perpetuating a new caste system with criminals at the bottom. She does make repeat some points over and again, could have been shorter. Overall recommend it.

2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

Awesome!

Michelle is a great person. I am her neighbor, and I see her almost every day when she is home. I entertain her kids. This is a great look on the subject, and I will hope that she will one day make another book. She deserves the respect that she will get through the book. Here is a shout out to Nicole, Jono, and Cori!!!

2 out of 7 people found this review helpful.

MUST READ!!

I read this book when the Trayvon Martin incident happened and it was emotionally and thematically intense. Talk about a read for the times....MUST READ!

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

This one of the most important books to be published in the last decade.

Everyone should read this book. She did the hard work to understand the reasons why so many people of color are incarcerated.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Well written and researched and never repetitive

It is hard to believe that this great injustice has been and is being purpetrated, unseen and silently in the home of the worlds most vibrant democracy.

1 out of 4 people found this review helpful.

The new jim crow

I just finished reading the sample offered, and am going to buy the book. Very interesting.

1 out of 5 people found this review helpful.

HATS OFF TO MICHELLE ALEXANDER

Michelle's book tells it like it is and what it REALLY happening to the majority of our sons. I wish the President would try to do something too help this issue and stop it .I do not know what they expect for men to do that fall under this NEW JIM CROW ISSUE .(oh I know ,they expect for them to go back in the system ...What can we do as mothers of these men to help ?

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Great Book! It's a call to action!

I was moved to tears and called to act. Thanks Michelle for uncovering what's been a devastating truth. Justice isn't just!

1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

Terrific book that opened up my eyes on how the justice system d

Terrific book that opened up my eyes on how the justice system delivers anything but justice, especially when it comes to race. As someone who knows little about the criminal justice system (the most I know of it comes from a three month stint of being a Grand Jury Foreman) but knows and cares a lot about a socially just world, I was shocked at how the war on drugs was an extention of Jim Crow. Ms. Alexander does an exceptional job in telling a story of injustice without whinning or exaggerating. She provides compelling facts without being boring due to her incredible writing. It's a must read for anyone who cares about racial justice.

Glad that Ms. Alexander is a Buckeye!

This is a wake up call for every citizen of these United States!

This is a wake up call for every citizen of these United States!!! Alexander clearly outlines in factual detail the horrific truth of the "justice system" and its intentions towards Africans in these United States. Excellent job Michelle Alexander! I applaud you for your courage to tell the truth.

Thought Provoking

We see what we want to see. This books shows us a different view. I'm not sure I buy into all of her concepts but it is definitely food for thought. This would be a great book for a book club.

Well researched, thought provoking novel. Great reminder to us a

Well researched, thought provoking novel. Great reminder to us all that the racial control system is still alive today. 

The Eagle tree

A great ceder tree, majy years old, looms in front of you. An eagle and his family lives here, and cats colkect their feathers for bedding.

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