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Review: What seems like a book that is about how racism is still ... - Book Review: The New Jim Crow Associate professor of law at Ohio State University, a civil rights advocate and writer, Michelle Alexander and her book, The New Jim Crow is about how even in today’s society, racism is still very prominent. She writes about how instead of having direct laws prohibiting African-Americans from voting, the government is using the excuse that convicted criminals are not able to vote, to deny the African-American population from voting. What seems like a book that is about how racism is still highly active in America turns into a book about how our judicial system here is biassed and unjust. My English teacher suggested this book to me, so I thought I’d read it. Another reason I was motivated to read it was because there has been so much public attention on what currently is happening with police violence involving the growing rate racial profiling on the part of law officers. In Alexander’s book, the core message throughout heavily highlights the racial dimensions of the War on Drugs. The book argues that federal drug policy unfairly targets communities of colour. This keeps millions of young, black men in a cycle of poverty and behind bars. It is clear that Alexander is able to create such a scholarly piece of literature based on her legal background. The book is supported by relevant data and case law. While I believe that there is a large truth factor to her opinion, I do not think that the government is purposefully planning to be racist toward individuals. I think that after so many years of living under Jim Crow laws that it is more of a subconscious series of actions being taken. Saying so, it does not make it okay, and I strongly agree with her book in that we have to first realise what is happening to be able to make changes so that racial biassing will come to a complete end. At the very beginning of the book, Alexander tells us who the book is written for. It’s written for the people who are victims of the war on drugs and. It’s also for all the people who cannot speak out because they are being oppressed. Alexander’s background in law helps her arguments by using clear and undebatable evidence. The way it is written makes your stomach ache and all of a sudden all your white guilt creeps up. For me it’s crazy that it took a book for me to realize the mass injustice of our nation. Alexander repeatedly points out that the main issue is that we just let this happen. The prisons in America are being overfilled everyday and the amount of people who are there for no other reason than they’re getting arrested because they’re black. Now no one would ever say this directly to anyone’s face but Alexander had the courage to write an entire book about the injustice. This book has sparked so many people’s attention that the book’s goal is starting to be achieved. Alexander’s main purpose of this book was to make it so people are aware of what is taking in this country. While the book was amazing, I do not think there were many counter arguments in her book. Her evidence was strong enough where she may have felt like she didn’t need it. Overall, I truly enjoyed reading the book. While at times the book made me feel awful, it also opened my eyes to an entirely new perspective. I know want to learn more in how I can make a difference from the racial injustice in this country.
Review: What Should Be The Basis For The Next Civil Rights Movement - Slavery supposedly ended in 1865, at the end of The Civil War. So, we are told. Then, here comes Professor Michelle Alexander to tell us that simply is not true. Slavery's child was something called Jim Crow, a whole system of laws designed to thwart the lives of African-American people on so many different levels. In order to fight Jim Crow, The Civil Rights Movement waged war on many fronts, many of them legal. The thinking went that if the legal barriers were dropped, the lives of African-Americans would be so much better. Or, so it was thought. Then came Ronald Reagan into the office of the Presidency. A War was waged, the so-called, "War On Drugs." This has led to the fact that all over America, people of color, but particularly Black Men and the poor, are herded into prisons, with all kinds of drug charges and laws. These charges result in a whole system that selectively targets where it will be "enforcing" the drug laws. If a certain community has a predominance of drug activity, but yet law enforcement never bothers to scrutinize that community, then drug dealers from that community will never be charged. Studies have shown that there is no more drug activity in Black Communities than in others, but the Prison/Industrial Complex is set up in such a way that only certain communities are scrutinized, or disproportionally, scrutinized for them. Of course if the police never look for drugs in a certain place, they will never find them. When those who have been caught up in the system become released from prison, now it becomes "legal" to discriminate against them. Their "records" can be used to discriminate against them in employment, housing, education, in a word--everything. Welcome to "The New Jim Crow." Right here in America. Home of the free. A Democracy. Who wants to laugh? (to keep from crying?). In thumbnail sketch, this is what Michelle Alexander lays out in her book, the unfairness of it all, how it makes a mockery of the concept of justice and Democracy. It is Professor Alexander's opinion that the phenomenon that she spells out, The Prison/Industrial Complex, should become the basis for the next Civil Rights Movement. In this respect, I think that she is right. Although Professor Alexander is an attorney, what is most fascinating about her book is how she tells her personal story as basically being an oblivious, average citizen, who thought that when people said the war on drugs was a war on Black people, they were exaggerating. But, as she began to look into things, she saw the truth of this thesis and ultimately felt she had to do something about it. This, in part, led to her book. This book is written in a very readable style so that it is available to the average reader. I think Professor Alexander's book is excellent in educating and bringing to the spotlight what needs to be our next Civil Rights Movement. Words cannot really express my gratefulness to her for doing this. In talking about the Prison/Industrial Complex, there is another book that can be found right here on desertcart that complements Alexander's. It's called "The Anatomy Of Prison Life" by Charles L. Hinsley. It is the most honest and real account that one will ever find on what it means to be in prison, written from the eyes of a Black Man first/Former Warden perspective. It is well worth your time. One should mull over in one's mind, as one reads, the connection between the Alexander and Hinsley books. For those interested in the more general subject of Black Studies, there's a book called, "Reality's Pen: Reflections On Family, History & Culture," by Thomas D. Rush that gives some good background to the 2 books mentioned above. Rush's book can also be found right here on desertcart. In Rush's work, we get to see the "average Joe's" fascinating 1989 account of two very long conversations with what will eventually become the first African-American President in American History. It's good to get this account because it occurs long before President Obama is famous, between two people just going about the daily business of their lives. What makes the interaction even more compelling is the fact that Obama innocently lays out an image of what he hopes to see occur within his romantic life, a romantic life prior to the time of his introduction to Michelle. It is oh so fascinating, and can be found in the piece on page 95 of Rush's work called, "You Never Know Who God Wants You To Meet." Rush's book also contains additional Black Cultural anecdotes of richness, making it an overall, well-rounded book and worthy of your purchase.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #1,872 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #1 in Civil Rights & Liberties (Books) #2 in Law Specialties (Books) #4 in Criminology (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars (16,449) |
| Dimensions  | 5.5 x 1.25 x 8.5 inches |
| Edition  | Anniversary |
| ISBN-10  | 1620971933 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-1620971932 |
| Item Weight  | 13.6 ounces |
| Language  | English |
| Print length  | 352 pages |
| Publication date  | January 7, 2020 |
| Publisher  | The New Press |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ What seems like a book that is about how racism is still ...
*by T***. on June 10, 2016*

Book Review: The New Jim Crow Associate professor of law at Ohio State University, a civil rights advocate and writer, Michelle Alexander and her book, The New Jim Crow is about how even in today’s society, racism is still very prominent. She writes about how instead of having direct laws prohibiting African-Americans from voting, the government is using the excuse that convicted criminals are not able to vote, to deny the African-American population from voting. What seems like a book that is about how racism is still highly active in America turns into a book about how our judicial system here is biassed and unjust. My English teacher suggested this book to me, so I thought I’d read it. Another reason I was motivated to read it was because there has been so much public attention on what currently is happening with police violence involving the growing rate racial profiling on the part of law officers. In Alexander’s book, the core message throughout heavily highlights the racial dimensions of the War on Drugs. The book argues that federal drug policy unfairly targets communities of colour. This keeps millions of young, black men in a cycle of poverty and behind bars. It is clear that Alexander is able to create such a scholarly piece of literature based on her legal background. The book is supported by relevant data and case law. While I believe that there is a large truth factor to her opinion, I do not think that the government is purposefully planning to be racist toward individuals. I think that after so many years of living under Jim Crow laws that it is more of a subconscious series of actions being taken. Saying so, it does not make it okay, and I strongly agree with her book in that we have to first realise what is happening to be able to make changes so that racial biassing will come to a complete end. At the very beginning of the book, Alexander tells us who the book is written for. It’s written for the people who are victims of the war on drugs and. It’s also for all the people who cannot speak out because they are being oppressed. Alexander’s background in law helps her arguments by using clear and undebatable evidence. The way it is written makes your stomach ache and all of a sudden all your white guilt creeps up. For me it’s crazy that it took a book for me to realize the mass injustice of our nation. Alexander repeatedly points out that the main issue is that we just let this happen. The prisons in America are being overfilled everyday and the amount of people who are there for no other reason than they’re getting arrested because they’re black. Now no one would ever say this directly to anyone’s face but Alexander had the courage to write an entire book about the injustice. This book has sparked so many people’s attention that the book’s goal is starting to be achieved. Alexander’s main purpose of this book was to make it so people are aware of what is taking in this country. While the book was amazing, I do not think there were many counter arguments in her book. Her evidence was strong enough where she may have felt like she didn’t need it. Overall, I truly enjoyed reading the book. While at times the book made me feel awful, it also opened my eyes to an entirely new perspective. I know want to learn more in how I can make a difference from the racial injustice in this country.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ What Should Be The Basis For The Next Civil Rights Movement
*by T***R on January 10, 2015*

Slavery supposedly ended in 1865, at the end of The Civil War. So, we are told. Then, here comes Professor Michelle Alexander to tell us that simply is not true. Slavery's child was something called Jim Crow, a whole system of laws designed to thwart the lives of African-American people on so many different levels. In order to fight Jim Crow, The Civil Rights Movement waged war on many fronts, many of them legal. The thinking went that if the legal barriers were dropped, the lives of African-Americans would be so much better. Or, so it was thought. Then came Ronald Reagan into the office of the Presidency. A War was waged, the so-called, "War On Drugs." This has led to the fact that all over America, people of color, but particularly Black Men and the poor, are herded into prisons, with all kinds of drug charges and laws. These charges result in a whole system that selectively targets where it will be "enforcing" the drug laws. If a certain community has a predominance of drug activity, but yet law enforcement never bothers to scrutinize that community, then drug dealers from that community will never be charged. Studies have shown that there is no more drug activity in Black Communities than in others, but the Prison/Industrial Complex is set up in such a way that only certain communities are scrutinized, or disproportionally, scrutinized for them. Of course if the police never look for drugs in a certain place, they will never find them. When those who have been caught up in the system become released from prison, now it becomes "legal" to discriminate against them. Their "records" can be used to discriminate against them in employment, housing, education, in a word--everything. Welcome to "The New Jim Crow." Right here in America. Home of the free. A Democracy. Who wants to laugh? (to keep from crying?). In thumbnail sketch, this is what Michelle Alexander lays out in her book, the unfairness of it all, how it makes a mockery of the concept of justice and Democracy. It is Professor Alexander's opinion that the phenomenon that she spells out, The Prison/Industrial Complex, should become the basis for the next Civil Rights Movement. In this respect, I think that she is right. Although Professor Alexander is an attorney, what is most fascinating about her book is how she tells her personal story as basically being an oblivious, average citizen, who thought that when people said the war on drugs was a war on Black people, they were exaggerating. But, as she began to look into things, she saw the truth of this thesis and ultimately felt she had to do something about it. This, in part, led to her book. This book is written in a very readable style so that it is available to the average reader. I think Professor Alexander's book is excellent in educating and bringing to the spotlight what needs to be our next Civil Rights Movement. Words cannot really express my gratefulness to her for doing this. In talking about the Prison/Industrial Complex, there is another book that can be found right here on Amazon that complements Alexander's. It's called "The Anatomy Of Prison Life" by Charles L. Hinsley. It is the most honest and real account that one will ever find on what it means to be in prison, written from the eyes of a Black Man first/Former Warden perspective. It is well worth your time. One should mull over in one's mind, as one reads, the connection between the Alexander and Hinsley books. For those interested in the more general subject of Black Studies, there's a book called, "Reality's Pen: Reflections On Family, History & Culture," by Thomas D. Rush that gives some good background to the 2 books mentioned above. Rush's book can also be found right here on Amazon. In Rush's work, we get to see the "average Joe's" fascinating 1989 account of two very long conversations with what will eventually become the first African-American President in American History. It's good to get this account because it occurs long before President Obama is famous, between two people just going about the daily business of their lives. What makes the interaction even more compelling is the fact that Obama innocently lays out an image of what he hopes to see occur within his romantic life, a romantic life prior to the time of his introduction to Michelle. It is oh so fascinating, and can be found in the piece on page 95 of Rush's work called, "You Never Know Who God Wants You To Meet." Rush's book also contains additional Black Cultural anecdotes of richness, making it an overall, well-rounded book and worthy of your purchase.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A Clear and Unflinching Look at Systemic Racism
*by K***R on October 6, 2025*

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Era of Colorblindness is a masterfully written, groundbreaking book that belongs on everyone’s bookshelf. Michelle Alexander takes an extremely important and often misunderstood topic—mass incarceration and its devastating impact on Black communities—and makes it accessible to anyone willing to listen. This book challenges readers to confront systemic racism in a way that is both enlightening and, at times, uncomfortable. It’s a must-read for anyone serious about Black liberation and social justice. One of the most relevant and necessary books of our time.

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