The New Jim Crow was a very interesting point of view. In the book Michelle Alexander expresses to us her opinion that the war on drugs is the way to legally discriminate against African Americans and people of color. In the book she encourages us, as United States Citizens to discuss the criminal justice system and how it is not how it should be. In chapter one we are introduced on how the discrimination has made come back according to Michelle Alexander. She did acknowledge that some African Americans have succeeded but she also mentions that even though some African Americans, like Barack Obama, have succeeded, it does not mean that we have gotten rid of the cast system. This is different from the book because the book does not mention
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This was until president Ronald Reagan decided to call a war on drugs. The war on drugs led to massive incarcerations that were in the African American population. African Americans and any citizen of color was more likely to get incarcerated than a white male. To this day, like it talks about in the Rennison and Dodge book, we still have more black men incarcerated than any other male. Michelle Alexander also states how there is more arrests made among African Americans, and more sentencing of being a felon is put on people of color. This is done so we can legally deny rights to citizens that we think shouldn 't have those rights. She points out to us that we have elected a black president, but we are still not close to not being …show more content…
In the book she states that this is because of the harsh punishments. She tries to convince us that the prison system is not good and that we need to refine it. In the book she talks about how in the early 1900’s criminologist and other people were strictly talking about how we needed to get rid of prisons because they were not serving the purpose of what they intended to. People who ended up in prison would end up not rehabilitated and would either commit another crime right after they were released or were not able to function well in society. So why are we still letting the system run if it’s purpose is not being
This was until president Ronald Reagan decided to call a war on drugs. The war on drugs led to massive incarcerations that were in the African American population. African Americans and any citizen of color was more likely to get incarcerated than a white male. To this day, like it talks about in the Rennison and Dodge book, we still have more black men incarcerated than any other male. Michelle Alexander also states how there is more arrests made among African Americans, and more sentencing of being a felon is put on people of color. This is done so we can legally deny rights to citizens that we think shouldn 't have those rights. She points out to us that we have elected a black president, but we are still not close to not being …show more content…
In the book she states that this is because of the harsh punishments. She tries to convince us that the prison system is not good and that we need to refine it. In the book she talks about how in the early 1900’s criminologist and other people were strictly talking about how we needed to get rid of prisons because they were not serving the purpose of what they intended to. People who ended up in prison would end up not rehabilitated and would either commit another crime right after they were released or were not able to function well in society. So why are we still letting the system run if it’s purpose is not being