N-NE study group on “The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness” by Michelle Alexander

Saturdays, 11-noon, Talking Drum Bookstore,446 NE Killingsworth
Beginning March 31st, ending May 5th

A six week, chapter by chapter, book study of Michelle Alexander’s powerful analysis of how and why a majority of young Black men in major American cities are locked behind bars or labeled felons for life. Alexander argues that racial caste in our country has not ended but has been redesigned. Through the War on Drugs, the U.S. criminal justice system functions as a contemporary system of racial control.

Participants will take turns summarizing and asking questions about each chapter. This is a N/NE group. Other study groups are happening elsewhere in the city. Books available for sale in hard and soft cover at Talking Drum.

Please sign-up by e-mail or phone
Jamie Partridge

503-752-5112 jamiep7206@aol.com