I feel there is an awakening beginning in communities all across the country today. Committed to shaking the foundations of systems of inequality, systems of division, systems that cause unnecessary suffering and despair. Committed to meaningful service and social injustice advocacy. I was just thrilled to be invited, and I'm happy to be here joined together with people of faith and conscience. Thank you so much for a kind introduction, and for inviting me here today. Please join me in welcoming Professor Michelle Alexander. She calls us to be in solidarity with those our society dehumanizes as beyond our compassion, justice, and human dignity because of the label 'criminal.' In The New Jim Crow, Michelle Alexander shines the light on a criminal injustice system that is locking poor and vulnerable people in a 21st century version of a race class caste system that victimizes families and whole communities. TAQUIENA BOSTON: In the introduction to the new Jim Crow, Cornel West wrote, 'Michelle Alexander's The New Jim Crow is the secular bible for a new social movement in early 21st century America.'Īt this Justice General Assembly, Unitarian Universalists have been called to shine the light on human rights abuses and injustice. Alexander urges action against mass incarceration of blacks.(You may need to right-click the link and choose Save.) Download the entire video (large MP4 file).Go to The New Jim Crow & Unitarian Universalist Study Guide for a variety of resources on The New Jim Crow.Michelle Alexander, civil rights advocate, litigator, scholar and author of The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness exposes today’s racial caste system and how to resist it.

Racial profiling, criminalization, and mass incarceration of African-Americans constitute today’s legal system for institutionalized racism, discrimination, and exclusion. General Assembly 2012 Event 213 Program Description Watch an interview with Michelle Alexander, civil rights advocate, litigator, scholar and author of The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness exposes today’s racial caste system and how to resist it.

The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander