In Michelle Alexander’s book the New Jim Crow, it goes in depth on the concept of race and how it was formed to classify people on certain social poles. The idea of race is a relatively recent development, which is largely to European imperialism, have the worlds people been classified along racial lines. In America the idea of race emerged as a means to classify slavery. (The New Jim Crow). According to this social law and establishment, people who are or contain African decent are to be at the bottom or lower end of the pole. Anybody else who is of a different ethnicity is above them but will always be below their white counterparts. Some racist white people make sure that they are never at the bottom of the united states social heiarchy.
