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Swift Summaries
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Swift Summaries
In the SUMMARY OF NEW JIM CROW: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colourblindness BY MICHELLE ALEXANDER, Every so often, a book comes along that fundamentally alters our perception of a significant political topic and contributes to the growth of a social movement. One such book is The New Jim Crow. Michelle Alexander, a lawyer and activist, provides a startling account of the resurgence of a caste-like system in the United States, one that has led to the permanent second-class status of millions of African Americans and the denial of the very rights that were purportedly won during the Civil Rights movement.
The New Jim Crow refutes the idea that Barack Obama's victory brought about a new era of colorblindness in the US by showing how racial inequality was not abolished but rather redesigned. The American criminal justice system serves as a modern system of racial domination, relegating millions to a permanent second-class status even if it ostensibly adheres to the ideal of colourblindness by focusing on black men through the War on Drugs and destroying communities of colour.
One of the most significant works about race in the twenty-first century, The New Jim Crow is a scathing call to action for everyone concerned with social justice.
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