PWPL Adult Nonfiction Book Discussion

Please join us Tuesday August 11th at 7:30 p.m. for a discussion of
The New Jim Crow : Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
"We have not ended racial caste in America; we have merely redesigned it," declares Alexander as she sets forth the case that the old functions of Jim Crow--the legal exclusion of African Americans from civil rights to voting, housing, equal employment opportunities, etc.--are now accomplished through the mass incarceration and subsequent stripping of legal rights of black and brown people at rates that are far disproportionate to their participation in criminal activity. She examines parallels between this system and the old Jim Crow system of legal discrimination, and challenges those who care about civil rights to come to grips with the implications of this new caste system.
Copies of the book are available on Hoopla and Libby, and may also be reserved for curbside pickup at the library.

Connect via the [Zoom app](https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87927950756) or dial 1-646-558-8656 Meeting ID:879 2795 0756 Password: 11050