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24 alternatives to The New Jim Crow

Mass incarceration in the age of colorblindness

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. The New Jim Crow launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   The Divide▲63

   American Injustice in the Age of the Wealth Gap

   2016 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Chasing the Red, White, and Blue▲52

   A modern journey through America about inequality and hope

   2015 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Blindspot▲86

   Hidden biases of good people

   2015 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Future Crimes▲64

   Inside the Digital Underground

   2017 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Black Earth: The Holocaust as History and Warning▲56

   A new interpretation of Hitler's frightening worldview

   2015 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Netocracy▲56

   The new power elite and life after capitalism

   2015 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Alcoholics Anonymous▲70

   aka "The Big Book"

   2015 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Black Swan▲80

   The impact of the highly improbable

   2015 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   The White Album▲71

   Essays highlighting upheavals and aftermaths in the 1960s

   2015 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Unscientific America▲54

    How scientific illiteracy threatens our future

    2016 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    The Great Escape▲59

    Health, wealth, and the origins of inequality

    2016 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Dark Matter of the Mind▲67

    The Culturally Articulated Unconscious

    2017 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    The Thinker▲61

    How I escaped my prison

    2016 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Andy Grove▲76

    The life and times of an American

    2015 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    The Dark Net▲62

    A revelatory examination of the internet

    2015 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    The Sellout▲66

    Satire remarking on race issues in the US

    2015 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    White▲66

    Kenya Hara's attempt to explore the essence of "White"

    2016 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    This American Life - The Problem We All Live With▲62

    Examining racism in the public school system

    2015 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    We Need Diverse Books▲87

    Advocating and supporting non-majority narratives

    2014 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Moore's Law: The Life of Gordon Moore▲74

    Detailed biography of a quiet revolutionary

    2015 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Ungifted▲63

    Intelligence redefined

    2016 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Give Us the Ballot▲62

    The modern struggle for voting rights in America

    2015 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance▲66

    The story of Barack Obama

    2015 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    The Road to Character▲73

    The deeper values that should inform our lives

    2015 · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →