What I went looking for was detail and substance, not the awful self-hating likes of 'White Fragility' which the author of that work holds the belief if you are white you are a racist, and if you disagree with the premise you are racist, and if you don't want to discuss this you are racist, and if you don't get it you are.etc. I know things in the UK aren't good for a lot of black British and immigrant people, but with the tide of police killings in the USA and subsequent riots, I wanted to learn more. One of the most important books I have ever readĪs we enter into another era of racial awareness I wanted to find out more about how the racism in America affects people of colour, particularly African Americans. By targeting black men through the War on Drugs and decimating communities of colour, the American 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 colourblindness.Ī searing call to action for everyone concerned with social justice, The New Jim Crow is one of the most important books about race in the 21st century. Lawyer and activist Michelle Alexander offers a stunning account of 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, denied the very rights supposedly won in the Civil Rights movement.Ĭhallenging the notion that the election of Barack Obama signalled a new era of colourblindness in the United States, The New Jim Crow reveals how racial discrimination was not ended but merely redesigned. Once in a great while a book comes along that radically changes our understanding of a crucial political issue and helps to fuel a social movement. Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The New Jim Crow, written by Michelle Alexander, read by Karen Chilton.
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