—A detailed, historical analysis of how the the vast machinations of the criminal justice system came to target black males—
The Non-fiction Feature
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
Author: Michelle Alexander
Publisher: The New Press
Pages: 312 | 2010
If one thinks about racism by examining only one wire of the cage, or one form of disadvantage, it is difficult to understand how and why the bird is trapped. Only a large number of wires arranged in a specific way, and connected to one another, serve to enclose the bird and to ensure that it cannot escape.
The Fiction Spot
The Nickel Boys
by Colson Whitehead
“The boys were called students, rather than inmates, to distinguish them from the violent offenders that populated prisons. All the violent offenders, Elwood added, were on staff.”
The Product Spot
MOSAIC Fund for Justice
A fund that supports organizations committed to racial justice and ending mass incarceration. If this isn’t worthwhile, what is?