The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness' by Michelle Alexander

Examines the rebirth of a caste-like system in the United States, one that has resulted in millions of African Americans locked behind bars and then relegated to a permanent second-class status.

Analyzes the policy, social and economic forces that have contributed to the mass incarceration of African Americans.

Exposes how the War on Drugs and other criminal justice policies have operated as a system of racial control.

Argues that the system of mass incarceration has created an under-caste that jeopardizes the future of millions of African Americans.

Demonstrates how the system of racial control has created a deep racial divide and has resulted in the new Jim Crow of mass incarceration.

Explores the role of political, economic and legal forces in creating a racial caste system that has been labeled in the media as the new Jim Crow.

Asserts that the system of mass incarceration has created a racial caste system that has been sustained by the lack of political will to challenge it.

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