Disencarceration In The New Jim Crow

I have long been disillusioned by racialized institutions and institutions that inherently cater to white supremacy, such as public schooling, for some time. Disillusionment is tiresome and painful, like when the fourth wall is broken, all the wonder is lost. When wonder is lost and pain takes its place, the greatest challenge is to not be desensitized. So, I research the state of race relations often, I try to learn about the victims of racism, and, mostly, I try to discuss racism with people who are “colorblind” or unaware in my predominantly white upper class community as often as possible. During the past year, I saw people who look too much like my uncles, aunts, cousins, mother, and brother die every week legally under the law. I watched …show more content…
However, the book was poorly accomplished. I am an academic; I know my rights. The New Jim Crow is important information to add to my intellectual coffers, however it is not essential to my livelihood. Therefore as I read, I asked why a book that should be written for the disenfranchised is written at a college level. A novel with the purpose of exposing Mass Incarceration should be accessible to the incarcerated and their families who are often undereducated or uneducated, not for the small portion of Americans who are highly educated and willingly to read about an ignored subject. The book was redundant, often wordy, and sometimes convoluted for no obvious purpose. If I was a woman working two jobs with barely enough time to sleep or a man in prison trying to educate himself, I would not have the neither the patience nor desire to read The New Jim Crow. For me the writing was not terribly complicated or unmanageable, but I have the luxuries of time, education, and resources; the people who need The New Jim Crow, the people who need to know their rights and the intricacies of the system they live in do not. The New Jim Crow is a wealth of applicable, useful knowledge and wasted