Racism is a very sensitive subject to discuss. So, why it is that racism still exists today in our very own home, the United States of America, the country of freedom and dreams? Racism is still alive and well because people have different views depending where they were raised. Both Thomas Jefferson 's Notes on the State of Virginia and Michelle Alexander 's book, The New Jim Crow present prime examples of the portrayal of Black American, as seen from the perspective of both White and Black Americans, throughout the late 1700s and into the present.
On the subject of racism, Thomas Jefferson will be our example of the White Americans ' view of Black Americans. Although Jefferson 's first version of Notes on the State of Virginia was published in 1781, his views of Black Americans are not too far from what people think in our present time. Being a …show more content…
For Alexander being a Black American female have a very contrast view from Jefferson. In her article "The New Jim Crow" she goes on and explains how a victim of racism is portrayed in the present day world. What Alexander mean by her title "The New Jim Crow" is how slavery is still alive but in a new form. Although there is no farm where people own one another, she points out how the prison is like a new place for slavery. She talks about how prison is majority Blacks than any other race. How even though no one own anyone, a prisoner is still forced to do work or community service work just like how it was centuries ago. She goes on and explains how Blacks are more likely to be charged with a heavier punishment than the White Americans even if the crime is the same and this is why she said a majority of Blacks are in prison. For example, PBS documentary "Slavery by Another Name" shows how a Black gentleman was walking home from work but was stop and accused of a crime he didn 't commit and was sent straight to
On the subject of racism, Thomas Jefferson will be our example of the White Americans ' view of Black Americans. Although Jefferson 's first version of Notes on the State of Virginia was published in 1781, his views of Black Americans are not too far from what people think in our present time. Being a …show more content…
For Alexander being a Black American female have a very contrast view from Jefferson. In her article "The New Jim Crow" she goes on and explains how a victim of racism is portrayed in the present day world. What Alexander mean by her title "The New Jim Crow" is how slavery is still alive but in a new form. Although there is no farm where people own one another, she points out how the prison is like a new place for slavery. She talks about how prison is majority Blacks than any other race. How even though no one own anyone, a prisoner is still forced to do work or community service work just like how it was centuries ago. She goes on and explains how Blacks are more likely to be charged with a heavier punishment than the White Americans even if the crime is the same and this is why she said a majority of Blacks are in prison. For example, PBS documentary "Slavery by Another Name" shows how a Black gentleman was walking home from work but was stop and accused of a crime he didn 't commit and was sent straight to