The black race, more specifically, the black male, has suffered immensely at the hands of society since the dawn of time. Michelle Alexander focused on this in her book, “The New Jim Crow.” Alexander believes that society is in an even worse shape than it was decades ago. She focuses on the various ways in which society has failed to diminish inequality. She proclaims that racial discrimination remains as powerful as it was under slavery and the post-slavery era of Jim Crow segregation. Both Alexander and I share the common belief that society is set up for the African-American race to fail and not prosper.
In Alexander’s, “The New Jim Crow” she focuses on the various ways that the African American male has continuously been hindered from …show more content…
Alexander’s belief is that a new social movement to outlaw the racial caste system present is the only thing that can help get society out of what has become the new norm. Lynn agrees with Alexander she states, “Her research shows that law and order codes of the past decades now lay out a new kind of tool used by White America to campaign for continued white supremacy. It is called Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness.” (Cook). Lynn believes that the new laws are just as the earlier laws they are just given a new name. Alexander repeatedly emphasized the importance of a grass-roots movement which she is certain should focus on the hidden agendas and getting to the roots of the issues in which society faces and not overlooking …show more content…
The fight against inequality is a fight that the black community has fought for several years and has still failed to win. Hearing that the number of black men under the control of the criminal justice system today is greater than the number of captive slaves in the year 1850 angers me. To know that the black community is constantly targeted by the society which is supposed to be set out to help them is only focused on destroying them scares me. I trust that we must expose the injustice set out before us by the criminal justice system in hopes of one day being able to truly advance. There are more black men that are felons than any other race which limits them to crappy housing, lack of education, and poor paying jobs. If the black race isn’t saved it will soon be eliminated by either jail cells or grave yards. Society must want to be
In Alexander’s, “The New Jim Crow” she focuses on the various ways that the African American male has continuously been hindered from …show more content…
Alexander’s belief is that a new social movement to outlaw the racial caste system present is the only thing that can help get society out of what has become the new norm. Lynn agrees with Alexander she states, “Her research shows that law and order codes of the past decades now lay out a new kind of tool used by White America to campaign for continued white supremacy. It is called Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness.” (Cook). Lynn believes that the new laws are just as the earlier laws they are just given a new name. Alexander repeatedly emphasized the importance of a grass-roots movement which she is certain should focus on the hidden agendas and getting to the roots of the issues in which society faces and not overlooking …show more content…
The fight against inequality is a fight that the black community has fought for several years and has still failed to win. Hearing that the number of black men under the control of the criminal justice system today is greater than the number of captive slaves in the year 1850 angers me. To know that the black community is constantly targeted by the society which is supposed to be set out to help them is only focused on destroying them scares me. I trust that we must expose the injustice set out before us by the criminal justice system in hopes of one day being able to truly advance. There are more black men that are felons than any other race which limits them to crappy housing, lack of education, and poor paying jobs. If the black race isn’t saved it will soon be eliminated by either jail cells or grave yards. Society must want to be