| The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness Contributor(s): Alexander, Michelle (Author), Chilton, Karen (Read by) |
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ISBN: 1501260235 ISBN-13: 9781501260230 Publisher: Recorded Books on Brilliance Audio OUR PRICE: $16.99 Product Type: MP3 CD - Other Formats Published: August 2015 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Penology - Social Science | Discrimination & Race Relations - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.3" W x 6.7" (0.15 lbs) |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In the era of colorblindness, it is no longer socially permissible to use race, explicitly, as a justification for discrimination, exclusion, and social contempt. Yet, as legal star Michelle Alexander reveals, today it is perfectly legal to discriminate against convicted criminals in nearly all the ways that it was once legal to discriminate against African Americans. Once you're labeled a felon, the old forms of discrimination--employment discrimination, housing discrimination, denial of the right to vote, denial of educational opportunity, denial of food stamps and other public benefits, and exclusion from jury service--are suddenly legal. |