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The New Jim Crow: How the War on Drugs Gave Birth to a Permanent American Undercaste By Michelle Alexander

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

The New Jim Crow: How the War on Drugs Gave Birth to a Permanent American Undercaste By Michelle Alexander- March 8, 2010 http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/175215/tomgram%3A_michelle_alexander%2C_the_age_of_obama_as_a_racial_nightmare/ Ever since Barack Obama lifted his right hand and took his oath of office, pledging to serve the United States as its 44th president, ordinary people and their leaders around the globe have been celebrating our nation's "triumph over race." Obama's elec read more

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on March 10, 2010 (boomark / email).