{"product_id":"9781595586438","title":"The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness","description":"\u003cp\u003eOnce in a great while a book comes along that changes the way we see the world and helps to fuel a nationwide social movement. \u003ci\u003eThe New Jim Crow\u003c\/i\u003e is such 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.\" By targeting black men through the War on Drugs and decimating communities of color, the U.S. criminal justice system functions as a contemporary system of racial control—relegating millions to a permanent second-class status—even as it formally adheres to the principle of colorblindness. In the words of Benjamin Todd Jealous, president and CEO of the NAACP, this book is a \"call to action.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCalled \"stunning\" by Pulitzer Prize–winning historian David Levering Lewis, \"invaluable\" by the \u003ci\u003eDaily Kos\u003c\/i\u003e, \"explosive\" by \u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e, and \"profoundly necessary\" by the \u003ci\u003eMiami Herald\u003c\/i\u003e, this updated and revised paperback edition of \u003ci\u003eThe New Jim Crow\u003c\/i\u003e, now with a foreword by Cornel West, is a must-read for all people of conscience.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New Press, The","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47060393492720,"sku":"9781595586438","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781595586438_p0.jpg?v=1772577601","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781595586438","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}