Analysis of the New Jim Crow by Professor Michelle Alexander
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Professor Michelle Alexander, author of The New Jim Crow, writes that a racial caste system existing in America reflect the Jim Crow laws that were "separate but equal" from the time of the Civil War until the passage of the Civil Rights Acts in the mid 1960's and which continue today. She is a graduate from Stanford Law School and Vanderbilt University and clerked for Justice Harry A. Blackmun on the United States Supreme Court and for Chief Judge Abner Mikva on the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. Subsequently, she was on the faculty of Sanford Law School serving as the Director of the Civil Rights Clinic before receiving a Soros Justice Fellowship and an appointment to the Moritz College of Law and the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity at Ohio State University. Professor Alexander has litigated civil rights cases in private practice while associated with at Saperstein, Goldstein, Demchak & Baller law firm, with additional advocacy through the non-profit sector, as the Director of the Racial Justice Project for the ACLU of Northern California.
Alexander attempts to show by means of cultural and historical review, political decisions, enactment of legislation and statistical evidence from the time of the old Jim Crow laws, the retarded advancement of civil rights of young black men, and their mass incarceration. This occurrence produces a false reality and perpetuates the history of racial discrimination that exists today in America through a "caste system" by legal framework that disguising itself as the "War on Drugs." The practice of mass incarceration labels and demonizes those persons to the point that they lose their rights to vote, limits employment, are denied housing and educatio...
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...ty and their survival as a group in society because of restraint from the federal government in the ability to litigate their plight in Court. The Author transitions the past and present signatures of Jim Crow and the New Jim Crow with the suggestion that the New Jim Crow, by mass incarceration and racism as a whole, is marginalizes and relegates Blacks to residential, educational and constitutionally endowed service to Country.
The final chapter of The New Jim Crow reviews the manner in which the Black community might respond to the racism that exists today. Some research implies that we in America have reached a point of attrition as to incarceration and the positive effects outweighing the negative effects of marginalization and collateral damage to the community. By some research, the "War on Drugs" procreates poverty, joblessness, family breakdown, and crime.
In this essay, the author
- Explains that professor michelle alexander, author of the new jim crow, writes that a racial caste system exists in america that reflect the laws that were "separate but equal" from the time of the civil war until the passage of civil rights acts.
- Analyzes how alexander attempts to show by means of cultural and historical review, political decisions, enactment of legislation and statistical evidence from the time of the old jim crow laws, the retarded advancement of civil rights of young black men, and their mass incarceration
- Analyzes how alexander's argues that racial discrimination by mass incarceration of young blacks, institutionalized control, and labeling criminals as deviants justify societal neutralization in order to discriminate as to race.
- Analyzes how alexander's "lockdown" argues the phenomenon of mass incarceration with government support, through political pandering, to incentive by grants and statutory means, enabling police agencies to arrest persons under the guise of the "war on drugs."
- Analyzes how media characterization and sensationalization of the number of blacks that are arrested and incarcerated without balancing the fact that whites are more likely to use and distribute drugs.
- Analyzes how the final chapter of the new jim crow reviews the black community's response to racism. the "war on drugs" procreates poverty, joblessness, family breakdown, and crime.
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- Analyzes how woodward's strange career of jim crow traces the history of race relations in the united states from the mid and late nineteenth century through the twentieth century.
- Analyzes how woodward argues that segregation in the southern states was not as strong as many assume, citing richard c. wade's slavery in the cities.
- Analyzes how woodward explains that even though northern african americans were not under the control of slavery, their lives were affected by segregation more than slaves in southern states.
- Analyzes how woodward argues that segregation and injustice still was not as widespread in this post 1877 era as it was in the 1890’s.
- Analyzes how woodward's strength is in recognizing the reality that many african americans were blatantly discouraged from voting.
- Analyzes how woodward effectively explains the roots of southern discrimination and hatred towards african americans.
- Analyzes how woodward argues that the implied racial superiority reflected by american imperialism in the pacific and the caribbean was considered the same as the discrimination against southern african americans.
- Analyzes how racism and segregation arose during the turn of the twentieth century.
- Analyzes how woodward describes in detail the series of events which gradually took away rights of african americans. segregation became a part of almost every aspect of live.
- Analyzes woodward's argument that tension between races eased because of the great depression and the government’s attempt to improve the lot of black man as well as that of white man.
- Analyzes how woodward continues his book by explaining the causes of the second emancipation and second reconstruction. the naacp and harlem renaissance are significant contributors to gaining national attention.
- Analyzes how woodward argues that the second reconstruction was driven by civil rights groups and popular support, which led to congressional reforms.
- Opines that woodward's book is the most effective because it reflects his ultimate goal in writing the book. his goal can be traced back to his three part lecture series at the university of virginia in 1954.
- Analyzes how woodward hoped that if the south could change in the 1890’s by adopting the jim crow laws, they would change for the better.
- Describes c. vann woodward, the strange career of jim crow.
2024 wordsRead More - The New Jim Crow Rhetorical Analysisanalytical essay“The New Jim Crow” is an article by Michelle Alexander, published by the Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law. Michelle is a professor at the Ohio State Moritz college of criminal law as well as a civil rights advocate. Ohio State University’s Moritz College of Law is part of the world’s top education system, is accredited by the American Bar Association, and is a long-time member of the American Law association. The goal of “The New Jim Crow” is to inform the public about the issues of race in our country, especially our legal system. The article is written in plain English, so the common person can fully understand it, but it also remains very professional. Throughout the article, Alexander provides factual information about racial issues in our country. She relates them back to the Jim Crow era and explains how the large social problem affects individual lives of people of color all over the country. By doing this, Alexander appeals to the reader’s ethos, logos, and pathos, forming a persuasive essay that shifts the understanding and opinions of all readers.
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- Describes michelle alexander's article, "the new jim crow," published by the ohio state journal of criminal law.
- Analyzes how alexander develops pathos in her first two pages by making the reader feel comfortable with her writing and establishing that she has authority to talk on the mater.
- Analyzes how alexander discredits the legal system behind the war on drugs and the stigma that the reader may have against felons.
- Analyzes how alexander appeals to the reader's pathos throughout the body and conclusion of the article.
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- Analyzes how michelle alexander explores the history of mass incarceration in america, argues how it came to be, and attempts to discern possible ways to diffuse this troublesome situation.
- Explains that mass incarceration is a relatively new invention arising in the 1970s and only growing to today.
- Explains that there are alarming racial disparities when it comes to mass incarceration both in the past and the present.
- Explains that the incarceration disparity between african-americans and whites has not been fully alleviated in the present-day, but enhanced.
- Analyzes how the "war on drugs" and associated sentencing practices are responsible for the rise in incarceration rates in the united states.
- Opines that california's three-strike laws are designed to give individuals two chances to correct their ways, and on the third time they are convicted, the penalty is greater. the courts in some jurisdictions do not examine the circumstances under which the crime was committed.
- Explains that the "war on drugs" and "three-strike" laws are responsible for the racial disparity in some jurisdictions.
1324 wordsRead More - Mass Incarceration In Michelle Alexander's The New Jim Crowanalytical essayMichelle Alexander in her book "The New Jim Crow" argues that Mass Incarceration is similar to Jim Crow; Alexander believes that caste systems such as Jim Crow and slavery are similar to the existing system of mass incarceration. In addition, Alexander accuses the U.S. criminal justice system, implying their laws undividedly target African Americans through the War on Drugs and racial limitation. In comparing mass incarceration with Jim Crow, Alexander points to compelling parallels regarding political disenfranchisement, legalized discrimination, and symbolic production of a race. Alexander, moreover, effectively offers a rebuttal to the counterargument that the New Jim Crow does not carry the same level of racial hostility as the Old Jim
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- Analyzes how michelle alexander's book, "the new jim crow," argues that mass incarceration is similar to the existing system of mass
- Analyzes how michelle alexander compares mass incarceration with jim crow, implying that u.s. criminal justice system has created laws targeted to african americans.
- Analyzes how alexander points to a parallel between jim crow and mass incarceration regarding political disenfranchisement.
- Analyzes how alexander's argument about legalized discrimination is based on a parallel between mass incarceration and jim crow.
724 wordsRead More - The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexanderopinion essayThe book “The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness” (“The New Jim Crow”) hits on many significant points concerning the criminal justice system and the systemically racial elements that have been perpetuated through various laws. As argued in the book, the “War on Drugs” has been used to perpetuate racial discrimination against African Americans since the 1980s and the Reagan Administration.
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- Analyzes how the book "the new jim crow: mass incarceration in the age of colorblindness" hits on important points concerning the criminal justice system and the systemically racial elements that have been perpetuated through various laws.
- Opines that the book is a reflection on the impact of the law within the world of legal education. the mass incarceration of african americans in relation to drug laws was mentioned twice at most.
- Opines that police departments violate 4th amendment protections to meet this end and their actions are endorsed by the supreme court.
- Analyzes how alexander made interesting connections between slavery, jim crow and the new trend of mass incarceration.
- Opines that alexander's book is an instructional manual that should be read by all potential prosecutors, legislators, or judges. the negative and disparate impact of the "war on drugs" has its roots in law and jurisprudence.
672 wordsRead More - The Jim Crow Laws: Life Under The Jim Crow Lawsanalytical essayIt goes into strong detail to demonstrate just how imbalanced and harsh life was for blacks. Exemplifying this is the horrendously cruel game of “Nigger Knocking” where white kids would assault black pedestrians by throwing rocks or hitting them with car antennas. In addition, the case is made that every aspect of daily was perilous for blacks. According to the book even crossing the street, for example, was always a gamble since “many white motorists delighted in the ‘sport’ of chasing blacks onto the curbs with their cars.” The manner in which this quote is written shows some negative bias towards whites of the time by using the phrase “delighted in.” Moving on, the book heavily focuses on one of the best known parts of the Jim Crow era: segregation. While segregation was purportedly going to create an environment of separation with equal facilities and rights, the book makes a point of proving this was a complete farce. Schools, jobs, and utilities were always inferior for blacks, and the book pushes the notion that this was often intentional in order to keep blacks down. “Applying for a job … was often a humiliating experience” for black individuals, and any problem in the workplace was “blamed on the black workers.” Meanwhile, the white authorities that were supposed to provide equal schooling for blacks “did not believe that blacks should be educated at all.” Overall, this book is meant to give a general examination of the Jim Crow South, but the language used is not neutral. It argues strongly that whites maliciously undermined the equality and rights of
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- Explains that after the south lost the civil war and was forced to undergo reconstruction, racial strife became a major issue in the region since the whites who had always lorded over blacks wanted to continue doing having power over them.
- Analyzes how children in the jim crow south were raised to view race. racial etiquette is a central theory of the book.
- Analyzes how jim crow south led to segregation laws to keep blacks out of places and positions traditionally filled by whites.
- Analyzes how life under the jim crow laws takes a broader look by discussing the history and the laws themselves.
- Analyzes how life under the jim crow laws depicts the daily life of people — primarily blacks in the south. the book argues that segregation was a complete farce.
- Analyzes how the negro motorist green book, written to aid blacks while traveling through the jim crow south, proves the thorough segregation of the south.
- Analyzes how the american south has had a turbulent history. it fell into the reign of jim crow, which saw the unmeasured segregation and disenfranchisement of african americas.
1411 wordsRead More - Michelle Alexander The New Jim Crowanalytical essayThe author Michelle Alexander is very well known as a lawyer that emphasizes civil rights. However, from her piece which is called ‘The New Jim Crow Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness’. She points that there is some legal arrangement which looks like very reliable and suitable but in fact, it took the place of a racial caste system with a another one. The author points out about racial issues that the past and the present have same racial problems. Also, she creates images which will make the audiences to cower but it also makes the readers to believe her persuasion.
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- Analyzes michelle alexander's piece, 'the new jim crow mass incarceration in the age of colorblindness', where she points out about racial issues that the past and the present have same problems.
- Analyzes how the criminal justice system labels people of color "criminals" and engages in all the practices we supposedly left behind.
- Analyzes how tells us about jarvis cotton, who was a black man and was arrested several times. his family rights were being treated wrong in different ways and reasons.
- Analyzes how argues that the racial bias inherent in the drug war is a major reason that 1 in every 14 black men was behind bars in 2006, compared with 106 white men.
- Analyzes how 's research supports her opinion that the new jim crow law might have been worse than the previous law.
- Analyzes how ex-convicts were being forced to stop by police officers and being distrusted from employers because they were in jail once in a life.
- Opines that it's difficult to end the racial caste systems that existed in the past and continue to today.
765 wordsRead More - Overcoming Segregation In The Strange Career Of Jim Crowanalytical essayThe Strange Career of Jim Crow discusses Jim Crow systems dealing with legislation regarding race that powered the South in the late 1800's. Even though things were being attempted to prevent segregation, people, especially those in the South, thought ending slavery wasn't the right thing to do given the situation it would put them in, more of an inconvenience because of the system they were using and were very used to. This sparked inside those who were opposed equal rights. Every person entitled to the opinion that said person choses decides how he or she will act. Woodward states that it would have been a total inconvenience and even a blockade in the "system" that was, and had been established in the Old South (Woodward, 28). Segregation is pretty self-explanatory, separate place for separate races. That is an example of Jim Crow Laws.
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- Analyzes how jim crow laws were used to prevent segregation in the late 1800's, but people thought ending slavery wasn't the right thing to do given the situation it would put them in.
- Analyzes how woodward's book was written in the historical context of the actual time that was being written about.
- Opines that martin luther king, jr.'s civil rights book helps the reader understand segregation in the south and different things that were done to end it.
- Explains that the supreme court's ruling in plessy v. ferguson made the blacks no longer "separate, but equal." separate facilities for whites were the justification for the previous statement.
- Analyzes how america was influenced by what the old south lived by. it caused everything to be segregated, even though the country was moving closer to having equal rights.
- Analyzes how woodward's "the strange career of jim crow" gives readers a better understanding of civil rights and how important that is.
891 wordsRead More - The Jim-Crow Era: An Omitted Era in American Historyanalytical essayIn a progressive society like the United States, looking to the past is common, to learn from our mistakes but some undeniable issues of the past repeat and are omitted from our society because of their unpleasant nature, a great example of this is the Jim-Crow Era. In this paper, I will be discussing the main events of the Jim-Crow era, its initiation, the new style of slavery in the south, and the way it re-shaped the lives of African Americans all across the country, its re-enforcement in the beginning of the twentieth century, its major supporters, like the Ku Klux Klan. Confederate state leaders, and its major oppositions like the rise of the Civil Rights Movement, and the idea of the United States setting a global example of Democracy in post-World War Two times.
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- Explains that disenfranchisement is the revocation of the right of suffrage (the right to vote) by a person or group of people.
- Explains that woodrow wilson's election changed race relations throughout the country. he authorized segregation of federal agencies, while blacks moved to the north in search of better lives.
- Explains that blacks moved to the north and west, and conditions worsened for those who remained in the south because of the boll weevil pest. in the north, racism still existed.
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- Explains that douglas-bowers, devon, "activist post." slavery by a different name: the convict lease system.
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1509 wordsRead More - The purpose of this book is to educate. The facts of what mass incarceration has done particularly to African American communities are astounding
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- Analyzes michelle alexander's the new jim crow as a thorough and thought-provoking analysis of mass incarceration in america.
- Explains that mass incarceration has done particularly to african american communities, but little is known to the average citizen.
- Explains that the race-based adaptation of justice was built into the criminal justice system as a necessity to keep blacks in constant subordination from the very beginning.
- Explains that racial discrimination remains as prevalent today as it was under slavery or the jim crow era.
- Explains that mass incarceration serves the same purpose as slavery and the jim crow laws in maintaining a racial caste system.
- Opines that the criminal justice system is just the current system of racial control by way of targeting black men through the war on drugs.
- Challenges us to establish a grassroots movement to deal with the very foundation of the mass incarceration system.
- Analyzes how alexander shows how the u.s. criminal justice system functions as a system of racial control even though it abides by the principle of color blindness.
- Opines that the system has been racialized under the guise of color blindness was previously unknown. the supreme court has effectively dismissed the constitutionality of these practices.
- Agrees with alexander's call for a social movement to make effective change, stating that the cases that make it to the supreme court are those where the defendant has actually been involved in some sort of criminal activity.
- Opines that michelle alexander made a well-formed argument as to the gross miscarriage of justice that is our legal system and how the norms of racial control are so institutionalized that anyone could believe this system was colorblind.
1014 wordsRead More - The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, by Michelle Alexanderanalytical essayThe New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness is a book by Michelle Alexander, a civil rights litigator and legal scholar. The book discusses race-related issues specific to African-American males and mass incarceration in the United States. Michelle Alexander (2010) argues that despite the old Jim Crow is death, does not necessarily means the end of racial caste (p.21). In her book “The New Jim Crow”, Alexander describes a set of practices and social discourses that serve to maintain African American people controlled by institutions. In this book her analyses is centered in examining the mass incarceration phenomenon in recent years. Comparing Jim Crow with mass incarceration she points out that mass incarceration is a network of laws, policies, customs and institutions that works together –almost invisible– to ensure the subordinate status of a group defined by race, African American (p. 178 -190).
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- Introduces michelle alexander's book, the new jim crow: mass incarceration in the age of colorblindness, which discusses race-related issues specific to african-american males.
- Analyzes how alexander describes the new jim crow as a moment where society internalized the stereotypes of african american men as violent and more likely to commit crimes.
- Analyzes how alexander (2010) suggests mass incarceration as a system of racialized social control that functions in the same way as jim crow did.
- Analyzes how the war on drugs was launched to combat the crack crisis, but alexander argues that negative racial stereotypes surrounding it were widely dispersed on media.
- Explains that america has the highest rate on mass incarceration and prisons are full of black men. studies show that people of all colors use and sell illegal drugs at similar rates.
- Explains that mass incarceration is an invisible tool to maintain the repressive state apparatus working with a race bias. the new jim crow allows to segregate the black community and to obstacle its progress.
- Analyzes how alexander asserts that both jim crows were born as efforts from white elites to reinforce resentments and racial biases among poor and working class white people against african americans with political and economic purposes.
- Analyzes how both systems legalized discrimination. she stresses how once the prisoners are released they are discriminated for being felons.
- Analyzes how alexander notices that in the mass incarceration era felon disenfranchisement laws have been more effective to eliminate black voters than laws used during jim crow.
- Explains that courts tolerate the exclusion of african american from juries. alenxander asserts during jim crow african americans were judged only by whites.
- Analyzes how alexander asserts that the court is not willing to receive claims of racial bias. in the case of mass incarceration, it is outside the possibility to challenge the criminal justice system.
- Analyzes how mass incarceration functions similar to jim crow in segregating the black community from society.
- Concludes that the criminal justice system in america is biased, even though alexander disagrees with the suggestion that mass incarceration is a conspiracy to put blacks back in their place.
1198 wordsRead More - Racism in Michelle Alexander´s The New Jim Crowopinion essayIn this book The New Jim Crow Michelle Alexander gives a look at history racism of African-Americans in relations to slavery and brings us to into modern day racism. Not racism as a form of calling people names or by the means of segregation which would be considered overt racism condemned by society but by colorblindness and by a racial caste system. Alexander argues African-Americans are being discriminated against in the form of mass incarceration. “Mass incarceration refers not only to the criminal justice system but also to the larger web of laws, rules, polices, and customs that control those labeled criminals both in and out of prison” (Alexander 2012, pg 14). Upon reading The New Jim Crow I believe African – Americans continue to be discriminated against in silent ways that are deemed acceptable by society and the criminal justice system.
In this essay, the author
- Opines that most offenders don't get the proper legal representation once they are arrested, and that the discrimination of the prison label is played for all to see.
- Opines that the new jim crow has opened up their eyes in a new way. it has angered them by the mere thought of the government condoning this behavior even though they condemn racism.
- Opines that it is difficult to see society issues when we are only concerned about ourselves and the fact that people are happy drug dealers are off the streets.
- Analyzes how michelle alexander argues african-americans are being discriminated against in the form of mass incarceration.
- Analyzes how the war on drugs was continued in the regan administration and followed by cash incentives for the police to get "numbers".
862 wordsRead More - Vann Woodward's The Strange Career of Jim Crowanalytical essayThe book, the Strange Career of Jim Crow is a wonderful piece of history. C. Vann Woodard crafts a book that explains the history of Jim Crow and segregation in simple terms. It is a book that presents more than just the facts and figures, it presents a clear and a very accurate portrayal of the rise and fall of Jim Crow and segregation. The book has become one of the most influential of its time earning the praise of great figures in Twentieth Century American History. It is a book that holds up to its weighty praise of being “the historical Bible of the civil rights movement.” The book is present in a light that is free from petty bias and that is shaped by a clear point of view that considers all facts equally. It is a book that will remain one of the best explanations of this time period.
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how woodward's the strange career of jim crow garnered immediate recognition and success with dr. martin luther king jr. calling it "the historical bible of the civil rights movement."
- Analyzes woodward's thesis that segregation and jim crow laws were a relative late comer in race relations in the south.
- Analyzes woodward's argument that slavery and segregation are contemporary ideas because by the 1830s, slavery had ended in northern states.
- Analyzes how the south experimented with conservatism, radicalism, and liberalism before capitulating to extreme racist doctrines and instituted segregation laws.
- Analyzes how the failures of resistant philosophies to extreme racism, coupled with the relaxing of federal and northern restraints, led to the dominant political philosophy in the south.
- Analyzes how woodward demonstrates that segregation and jim crowism were expanding and threatened to become the american way, not just the southern way.
- Analyzes how woodward adds a chapter chronicling the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s.
- Analyzes how the third and final editions still hold up to dr. king's assessment of the book as being the historical bible of civil rights movement.
- Analyzes how woodward's objectivity is a major concern to the reader, since he supports the civil rights movement and was southern.
- Analyzes how c. vann woodard's book, the strange career of jim crow, is a wonderful piece of history.
2031 wordsRead More - The Strange Career of Jim Crowanalytical essayC. Vann Woodward’s book, The Strange Career of Jim Crow, has been hailed as a book which shaped our views of the history of the Civil Rights Movement and of the American South. Martin Luther King, Jr. described the book as “the historical Bible of the civil rights movement.” The argument presented in The Strange Career of Jim Crow is that the Jim Crow laws were relatively new introductions to the South that occurred towards the turn of the century rather than immediately after the end of Reconstruction after the Civil War. Woodward examines personal accounts, opinions, and editorials from the eras as well as the laws in place at the times. He examines the political history behind the emergence of the Jim Crow laws. The Strange Career of Jim Crow gives a new insight into the history of the American South and the Civil Rights Movement.
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes vann woodward's book, the strange career of jim crow, as a book which shaped our views of the civil rights movement and the american south.
- Analyzes how woodward's "the strange career of jim crow" looks into the emergence of the laws beginning with the reconstruction era and following through the civil rights movement.
- Analyzes how woodward demonstrates that there were few jim crow laws in existence in the south before the 1890s.
- Analyzes how southerners' living arrangements affected their attitudes towards the public mixing of the races after the civil war.
- Analyzes woodward's argument that the change in southern attitudes towards the presence of african americans in society and mixing with whites in public areas shifted mostly due to the changing political situation in the 1890s.
- Analyzes how woodward's the strange career of jim crow follows the rise of the civil rights movement and the nullification of their validity by the supreme court.
1332 wordsRead More - Reflection Of The New Jim Crow By Michelle Alexanderanalytical essayThe fact that War on Drugs and incarceration is a rebirth of caste of America, is correct. If you are African- American you will go to prison because of the caste system. People choice to be what they want to be. Yet Michelle point is correct, human beings need to realize everyone is different. Problems are created because one it creates them. Also we talked about the nullification system in class, and is one way in solving racism in the justice system and the government. Michelle Alexander uses statistic through the book. She explains the difference from 1990s to today’s world. This makes it easier for the reader to tell the contrast.
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how michelle alexander's the new jim crow touches base on mass incarceration and the caste system.
- Analyzes how michelle alexander talks about how people's lives change after they are released from prison. the book starts by introducing jarviour cotton, who is incarcerated because of drugs.
- Opines that the war on drugs will not change as years go by, and that prisons are needed to teach people a lesson.
- Opines that michelle alexander's book taught them that war on drugs and incarceration is a rebirth of caste of america, and that human beings need to realize everyone is different.
- Concludes that the book shows the effects of the conflict in the united states.
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