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jamesarosen's review against another edition
5.0
I just read this for the first time — ten years after it was initially published. It’s amazing to see what a powerful impact Alexander’s work has had on the framing of public discussion over the last few years. This book gives me a new and better appreciation for many of the things I’ve been hearing elsewhere.
zachnachazel's review against another edition
3.0
This was a very enlightened read, but was incredibly repetitive. As content, I am overwhelmed by the likelihood that previous decades of political aspirations and cultural stigmatization generated an unspoken problem of racism in America. As a book, Alexander could have cut at least half of the pages, and more effectively delivered the message.
savaging's review against another edition
5.0
This is the most important book I've read in a long time. Really accessible and completely, relentlessly radical at the same time -- how does Alexander do this?
Anything else I try to write will just be sputtering about ending the prison industrial complex, so I'll just say: read this. Even if you already agree, even if you've already researched racism in the prison system. You might find the introduction a little slow or redundant -- forge on, this book is something the world is hungry for.
Anything else I try to write will just be sputtering about ending the prison industrial complex, so I'll just say: read this. Even if you already agree, even if you've already researched racism in the prison system. You might find the introduction a little slow or redundant -- forge on, this book is something the world is hungry for.
dkadastra's review against another edition
5.0
Dense, challenging, and completely necessary. Read it once before, but this second time with the advantage of doing it in a book club definitely helped my retention. Now the question is, what do we do about it?
cduu's review against another edition
5.0
Required Read for Anyone Seeking Understanding of Mass Incarceration
I wish I had read this when I was in high school. I learned so much from this book that is absolutely necessary, but that, like much of US history, has been withheld from the general population. So much mind blowing stuff to chew on, and then be inspired to work on.
I wish I had read this when I was in high school. I learned so much from this book that is absolutely necessary, but that, like much of US history, has been withheld from the general population. So much mind blowing stuff to chew on, and then be inspired to work on.