The New Jim Crow Analysis
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Civil injustice directed at African Americans has been persistent throughout the history of the United States. It started with slavery, and then progressed to segregation, and today is replaced by the large incarceration rates of people of color. Michelle Alexander in her book The New Jim Crow argues that the incarceration of people of color stems from the war on drugs and the civil rights movement. Today, people of color feel the lasting effects of segregation through negative stereotypes, higher rates of arrest, and higher relative incarceration rate. The legal system of the United States unfairly targets people of color because people of darker skin tone are labeled as criminals. This stereotype stems from the civil rights movement when southern states prosecuted people of color who partook in peaceful protests like sit-ins, rallies, and boycotts. These acts of civil disobedience labeled people of color as criminals not political activists. In the 1980s, Reagan declared a war on drugs that perpetuated the stigmas of people of color. Propaganda grew the idea that poor neighborhoods with a majority of people of color were the center of the drug problem in America. Police dealt with this problem by increasing arrests and …show more content…
In this essay, the author
- Argues that the incarceration of people of color stems from the war on drugs and the civil rights movement.
- Analyzes how the legal system of the united states unfairly targets people of color because people with darker skin tone are labeled as criminals.
- Explains that people of color are systematically labeled as criminals and are more likely to be arrested for nonviolent crimes than their white counterparts.
- Explains that people of color are treated harsher than any other group of people because the jury is more likely to think of them as criminals.
- Explains that many people of color struggle to transition back into normal living after going through the legal system. conviction marks citizens with a stigma that hurts their chances of finding jobs and self-support.
- Argues that being born into the underclass means that you will be at the bottom of the socioeconomic hierarchy for your entire life because of oppressive forces of society.
Conviction marks citizens with a stigma that hurts their chances of finding a job and being self supporting. Many of these people lose what they owned before they were convicted of their crimes, including a place to live. Without a job or a home, people who were once criminals are given incentive to find other means for finding income, which could lead to illegal activity. After serving jail time there is usually a period of parole. In some states, during parole one loses the right to vote, making the underclass a population that is underrepresented in the politics, but overrepresented in
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- New Jim Crow Thesisanalytical essayMichelle Alexander. The new Jim Crow: Mass incarceration in the age of colorblindness. New York: The New Press, 2010.
In this essay, the author
- Explains michelle alexander's book the new jim crow: mass incarceration in the age of colorblindness, which exposes structural racism against the african american community and brown men.
- Argues that michelle alexander's thesis is that the modern american state has created a new jim crow society in the age of colorblindness.
- Analyzes how the organization of the books starts with the jim crow era and proceeds to the current day.
- Analyzes how alexander uses marxists' collectivist class conflict ideology to view the problem she found to exist in the government.
- Analyzes how alexander uses a variety of sources to make her argument. she uses doj publications to suggest that all races use drag at equal rates, and that mostly blacks and other people of color are unfairly targeted.
- Opines that michelle alexander's book is a smashing success in regards to causing discussion about the relationship that african-american and other people of color to american policing.
- Analyzes how the book fits well to the course because it brings up the relation between the states' monopoly of violence and the racial minorities.
803 wordsRead More - The New Jim Crow Book Reviewanalytical essayWhen asked whether African Americans are still under a system of racial and social control, many Americans will argue that the abolition of slavery and the Jim Crow laws, through the civil rights movement, brought an end to systemic racism. Therefore, African Americans are now free. However, according to Michelle Alexander, this is far from the truth. She addresses the issues of African Americans being in a system of racial and social control in her book, The New Jim Crow. Published in the year 2010, The New Jim Crow is a non-fiction book that informs readers of the American history of slavery, Jim Crow laws, the War on Drugs, the criminal justice system, and the prejudices that black people still face in America. In her book, Alexander argues
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes michelle alexander's book, the new jim crow, which addresses the issues of african americans being in a system of racial and social control.
- Explains that due to the war on drugs, many black people in america have been labeled as felons and once branded as felons they are put into a permanent second-class status.
- Analyzes how alexander (2012) begins her book with the story of jarvis cotton, an african american man who due to having been arrested in the past, is now denied the freedom to vote.
- Analyzes how the new caste system, the modern jim crow, is hidden and not easily noticeable as racial discrimination because it uses the criminal justice system to brand people as criminals.
- Analyzes how alexander (2012) informs readers about the history of the racialized social control in the united states in terms of racism of african americans.
- Explains that the police are justified for stopping and searching anyone, even innocent black people. the racial bias inherent in the drug war is a major reason that 1 in every 14 black men was behind in 2006.
- Opines that alexander's the new jim crow is important in deconstructing anti-black racism and epistemic violence.
- Analyzes how alexander (2012) explains that the united states of america has the largest number of mass incarceration and most of the people i prison are black people.
1767 wordsRead More - New Jim Crow Anthropologyopinion essayBy Michelle Alexander I agree with the sociological perspective presented and identified by the group for the social artifact, which was the conflict perspective. The conflict perspective views this problem as a definition to a person’s social status because of how the person is viewed and treated by law enforcement. It explains that an act is not naturally a criminal act, it is society that defines it that way. Michelle Alexander talks about her new book called “The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness”. A very evident social problem that the social artifact faces is the war on drugs currently in our society because it is exclusively fought about in poor communities.
In this essay, the author
- Describes michelle alexander's book, "the new jim crow: mass incarceration in the age of colorblindness". the war on drugs has a lot to do with racial profiling.
- Opines that weed should be legalized to minimize the act of racial profiling and alleviate the constant problem between police and certain communities.
554 wordsRead More - Jim Crow Policing Analysisanalytical essayIn the article, “Jim Crow Policing” by Bob Herbert explains and talks to his readers about how the New York police Department needs to put an end in Jim Crow Policing. It also explains what Jim Crow Policing is and what the police usually does to people. Police everywhere discriminate people by their appearance. People that tend to be mistreated are African Americans or Hispanics. Cops stop citizens sometimes just randomly or other times for an actual reason of doing something wrong. “An overwhelming 84 percent of the stops in the first three-quarters of 2009 were of black or Hispanic New Yorkers.” Blacks and Hispanic had the most weapons and drugs found when being searched by cops and being arrested. Police also said “stop people for inappropriate
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how the article "jim crow policing" by bob herbert explains and talks to his readers about the new york police department needs to put an end to it.
146 wordsRead More - Through her appeals to emotion and credibility, as well as the exigency with which she writes with, author Michelle Alexander attempts to communicate to the reader the misconception that racism and segregation have been eradicated from modern American society. She gears her argument specifically toward the criminal justice system. She also expands upon the belief that there exists a racial caste system in the United States today. Her appeal to emotion helps her communicate the struggles of Black-Americans to the reader, allowing them to empathize with these individuals and the daily hardships they experience due to the society’s perception of them. Alexander writes with an exigency that is evident throughout the entirety of the publication,
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how michelle alexander's appeal to emotion and credibility, as well as the exigency with which she writes, communicates the misconception that racism and segregation have been eradicated from modern american society.
- Analyzes how alexander's publication is a critique of the misconception that segregation and racism have been eradicated from today’s society.
- Analyzes how alexander's appeal to emotion helps the reader relate to the humiliation that many ex-prisoners face.
- Analyzes how michelle alexander's exigency is evident throughout the publication, as racial tensions have quickly shifted to the forefront of societal issues in the united states.
- Analyzes how alexander appeals to her credibility through her numerable use of statistics to back up her claims.
1083 wordsRead More - History Of The Mass Incarceration Systemexplanatory essayThe mass incarceration system has continuously oppressed, used, and devalued people of color since the era of slavery. Slavery started when there was a demand in labor to aid the production of crops such as tobacco, and African slaves were brought over to the United States. This is where the evolution began behind the concept of race, and the idea around white supremacy began to spread. In 1865, the thirteenth amendment abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime. By law, African Americans were “free” but were still inferior to white people. The birth of Jim Crow laws started in 1865, and implemented the state and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern states. In the 1950’s and 60’s, the
In this essay, the author
- Explains how the mass incarceration system has oppressed, used, and devalued people of color since the era of slavery.
- Explains that the war on drugs was declared in the 1970's, and the message could not have been farther from the truth.
- Explains that the current u.s. prison system is overflowing with people who have been handed mandatory-minimum sentences because of the law that was implemented in the 90’s by bill clinton.
- Opines that change will not happen until african-americans are viewed as people worthy of opportunity and life.
708 wordsRead More - Summary: The New Jim Crowanalytical essayMichelle Alexander New York Times Best-selling Author of The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness visited UNC Asheville to give a sit-down questionnaire debate. The debate took place on January 18th, 2018 in the Sherril Center in the Kimmel Arena. This event was part of UNC Asheville MLK week activities, where Michelle Alexander was the keynote speaker. The debate was comprised of forty minutes set of questions giving a debate leader than a twenty-minute open floor time where members of the audience could ask questions. The program was incredibly successful in showcasing the implication of her book and the issue with the recent banning of her book.
In this essay, the author
- Describes michelle alexander's visit to unc asheville to give a sit-down questionnaire debate as part of mlk week activities, where she was the keynote speaker.
- Analyzes the rebirth of the mass incarceration of african americans in the united states prison system.
- Analyzes how the "ban the box" movement allows for people with a criminal history to make it to interview stage and potentially land the job.
- Analyzes how michelle alexander urged the audience to find the bigger picture in this to point the way to a brighter future and challenge/ expose the wrong in the world.
- Concludes michelle alexander's talk about the ways needed to end the issues of mass incarceration.
668 wordsRead More - Michelle Alexander's Drug War Nightmare: How We Created A Massive Racial Caste Systemanalytical essayThere are always certain social problems that take part in our communities. Some of us may not experience it first hand, but all of us should acknowledge the fact that our greatest social problem is still looming till this day. In Michelle Alexander 's work, Drug War Nightmare: How We Created a Massive Racial Caste System in America, she talks about the social problem of inequality and discrimination in America. From being an African American to being a law professor and experience as a clerk for a Supreme Court justice, so it can give a reader a sense of comfort knowing that she knows what she is talking about. Alexander uses several methods of using logical and emotional appeals to the readers so they can get a glimpse of this national issue. She points out that there is a "New Jim Crow system" in the country that discriminates minorities in the legal system today and how it is a real problem that has a huge impact on American citizen 's lives.
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes michelle alexander's work, drug war nightmare: how we created a massive racial caste system in america.
- Analyzes how alexander emphasizes that the war on drug's real intent is to shutter out minority groups, especially african americans.
- Opines that the outdated, absurd laws strip the rights and dignity of a minority, making it harder in life especially after being incarcerated.
- Analyzes how alexander connects with her readers through an emotional appeal of what a lot of people value most.
- Explains that millions of people of color are saddled with criminal records and legally denied the very rights that their parents and grandparents fought for and, in some cases, died for.
818 wordsRead More - The New Jim Crowanalytical essayIn Michelle Alexander’s book, The New Jim Crow, she ties the history of the United States with social issues that exist between races in the modern era, including examples of the racial caste system, racial segregation, and white privilege. Although there are many thoughts on how America is a patriotic and free institution, Alexander’s view of the American history shows that white elitists will “rise to the occasion” to retake order and control over those who dare challenge their way of life, ensuring chaos amongst both sides. According to Alexander, the racial caste system in America never ceases but rather adapts. Alexander describes America’s history as a “story of the political and economic underpinnings of the nation’s founding which sheds
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how michelle alexander's book, the new jim crow, ties the history of the united states with social issues that exist between races in the modern era.
- Analyzes how modern society is working to reshape america's economic and political structure and resolve these issues.
577 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.
In this essay, the author
- 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.
- Analyzes how michelle alexander appealed to the reader's ethos, logos, and pathos while remaining professional and maintaining her credibility.
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