In a book titled “The New Jim Crow” by author Michelle Alexander, opened my eyes to the evolved new system of oppression. This concept was introduced as the Mass incarceration of America in a colorblind society. through thoughtful consideration; laws and legislation keep this new Jim Crow planted in our society. These individuals affected are black men and throughout history have never had the opportunity of an unoppressed American society. Overall this issue didn’t begin overnight it took time and a president to declare a literal War on Drugs that began a systematic roundup of these black men. We are currently living in a time of racial disparity reminiscent of the original Jim Crow south but the overshadowing images of mass incarceration
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This topic is discussed so often today everyone should have a good grasp of the concept of these terms. To elaborate on the concept of mass incarceration is the systematic round up of minorities in the prison system as a direct result of the War on Drugs. Throughout the reading, Alexander mentions other sources on television and other media outlets that beg the question, “where are all the good black men?”. As a joke, they say there aren’t any left or they’re dating out of their race or even president Obama calling to the problem of the absence of black men in their children’s life (Rothenberg 2016). In the Rothenberg text, Alexander explains the process that this nation put these black men through, and people of color, using the War on drugs as a means of getting these black men in the first phase of entrapment “the roundup” (Rothenberg 2016). As a result, police benefited from having higher arrests rates through federal grants while the blacks were condemned in the criminal justice system. In the second phase, “formal control”, their loaded up with extra charges and then stuck in prison. Once removed from the system they enter an invisible cage in this final phase of entrapment known as the invisible punishment. Here they can “never integrate into white society” only live as a second class citizen revoked of all rights given by the constitution. (Rothenberg 2016). The problem is also addressed in the documentary 13th, it is stated that 6.5% of African Americans make up the United States while 40.2% of them are in prison (DuVernay 2016). Ranking America with the highest rate of incarceration in the world also stated in the documentary (DuVernay
This topic is discussed so often today everyone should have a good grasp of the concept of these terms. To elaborate on the concept of mass incarceration is the systematic round up of minorities in the prison system as a direct result of the War on Drugs. Throughout the reading, Alexander mentions other sources on television and other media outlets that beg the question, “where are all the good black men?”. As a joke, they say there aren’t any left or they’re dating out of their race or even president Obama calling to the problem of the absence of black men in their children’s life (Rothenberg 2016). In the Rothenberg text, Alexander explains the process that this nation put these black men through, and people of color, using the War on drugs as a means of getting these black men in the first phase of entrapment “the roundup” (Rothenberg 2016). As a result, police benefited from having higher arrests rates through federal grants while the blacks were condemned in the criminal justice system. In the second phase, “formal control”, their loaded up with extra charges and then stuck in prison. Once removed from the system they enter an invisible cage in this final phase of entrapment known as the invisible punishment. Here they can “never integrate into white society” only live as a second class citizen revoked of all rights given by the constitution. (Rothenberg 2016). The problem is also addressed in the documentary 13th, it is stated that 6.5% of African Americans make up the United States while 40.2% of them are in prison (DuVernay 2016). Ranking America with the highest rate of incarceration in the world also stated in the documentary (DuVernay