Reading the book, The New Jim Crow: Mass incarceration in the age of colorblindness brought attention to several different injustices that minorities face daily. It shuns light on how the African American community has been stereotyped and systematically program to dismantle the African American male figure within the family dynamics. According to Michelle Alexander Obama stated that too many fathers are AWOL, MIA and neglecting their responsibilities, which had cause the family to be weaker (Alexander, 2010,p ). However with the system continuously oppressing the African American male this is yet another way to belittle and emasculate this population.
African American males are the prime focus of incarceration with African American women not being far behind (). This book illustrated racial inequalities in several venues that Americans engage in daily. It unveils the disproportion of the system by exposing statistical facts of arrest rates, sentencing and incarcerations. African Americans are and have been beaten, broken and deemed unworthy ie second class citizens. It is hard to imagine that after paying ones debt to society they are still stigmatized and penalized by way of taking away the right to have what all Americans hope for; Dignity, respect, and the ability to support one’s self and family. Initially I did not agree with what was being depicted in this book because I felt …show more content…
It is state that Obama speaks against the heavy sentencings as evidence by his however had supported the war on drugs through the budget approval of . Obama administration presents themselves as one fighting for the greater good however the administration appears to contradict itself. It is left for one to assume that the political world will always be favorable to the white supremacy notion despite the intention of the elected
African American males are the prime focus of incarceration with African American women not being far behind (). This book illustrated racial inequalities in several venues that Americans engage in daily. It unveils the disproportion of the system by exposing statistical facts of arrest rates, sentencing and incarcerations. African Americans are and have been beaten, broken and deemed unworthy ie second class citizens. It is hard to imagine that after paying ones debt to society they are still stigmatized and penalized by way of taking away the right to have what all Americans hope for; Dignity, respect, and the ability to support one’s self and family. Initially I did not agree with what was being depicted in this book because I felt …show more content…
It is state that Obama speaks against the heavy sentencings as evidence by his however had supported the war on drugs through the budget approval of . Obama administration presents themselves as one fighting for the greater good however the administration appears to contradict itself. It is left for one to assume that the political world will always be favorable to the white supremacy notion despite the intention of the elected