Mass Incarceration In 'New Jim Crow'

Many individuals have hear the term “Mass Incarceration” but does not really know the true meaning of the term. The term is describing the vast of individuals that are imprison in the
United States of America. It has come to the my knowledge that America has the most people behind bars then walking in the street freely. Most people do not realize that, slavery is back again but, in a different form. History is repeating itself. When comparing today and back then, there is not really much of a difference. Black individuals were held captive against their own will in order to serve the White people. Today Black individuals are still being held captive against their own will to serve the government. This all goes back to discrimination. Black …show more content…
The Social Justice System is targeting not only Black African American, but Minorities in general. The social justice system says everyone has “freedom” but it seems like they the “freedom” is being taken away by the vast of mass of people that are living in prison each and every today in America. It is hard to imagine that prisons hold so much of our nation population. There many individuals that remains fatherless, Motherless, because of mass incarceration. In the Book “The New Jim Crow” by Michelle Alexander feels that mass incarceration has created more problems within itself. I truly agree with Alexander, The Social Justice community thinks that they are helping the nation, but in reality they are destroying it, by placing all of those people behind bars. Alexander argues that minorities today are imprison by the Social Justice System, therefore, poverty is not only caused by poor choices, and lack of educations, but by the government itself. Alexander uses, Comparison of Jim crow with mass incarceration, statistics, personal experiences, credibility quotations, credibility informations, and government laws to prove that poverty is