Introduction.
Is Mass Incarceration anywhere close to being the Old Jim Crow? Michelle Alexander in her book The New Jim Crow argues that US criminal justice system targets African American through the War On Drugs and relates it to the Old Jim Crow. However, in response to her analogy, James Forman, Jr. believes this comparison diminishes the real harm the Old Jim Crow has left in history. In addition, Forman, Jr. argues The New Jim Crow analogy is ignoring violence, obscuring class and diminishing history of The Old Jim Crow and uses convincing evidence to support his point of view.
I) James Forman, Jr. believes Alexander’s analogy is mainly focusing On Drug crimes and ignoring violent and other types of crime. He uses statistics as evidence to prove high rates of incarceration based on violent crimes.
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II) In addition to his critique, he disagrees with Alexander’s comparison between mass incarcerations targeting the poor and The Jim Crow targeting all African American despite their social status or education level. His evidence proves that Jim Crow targeted all black, while mass incarceration targets poorest, least educated individuals.
A) As Bruce Western’s research reveals, for an African American man with some college education, the lifetime change of going to prison actually decreased slightly between 1979 and 1999 (from 6% to 5%). A black man born in the late 1960s who dropped out of high school has 59% chance of going to prison in his lifetime whereas a black man who attended college has only 5% chance. i He mentions Jim Crow was segregation despite class or education, mass incarceration is affecting the poor, common sense money and education do not impulse bad choices.
III) Lastly, Forman argues that using Jim Crow to focus on mass incarceration ignores the history of The Old Jim Crow. In order to support his argument he mentions a personal experience and talks about the real Jim Crow
Is Mass Incarceration anywhere close to being the Old Jim Crow? Michelle Alexander in her book The New Jim Crow argues that US criminal justice system targets African American through the War On Drugs and relates it to the Old Jim Crow. However, in response to her analogy, James Forman, Jr. believes this comparison diminishes the real harm the Old Jim Crow has left in history. In addition, Forman, Jr. argues The New Jim Crow analogy is ignoring violence, obscuring class and diminishing history of The Old Jim Crow and uses convincing evidence to support his point of view.
I) James Forman, Jr. believes Alexander’s analogy is mainly focusing On Drug crimes and ignoring violent and other types of crime. He uses statistics as evidence to prove high rates of incarceration based on violent crimes.
A) According to …show more content…
II) In addition to his critique, he disagrees with Alexander’s comparison between mass incarcerations targeting the poor and The Jim Crow targeting all African American despite their social status or education level. His evidence proves that Jim Crow targeted all black, while mass incarceration targets poorest, least educated individuals.
A) As Bruce Western’s research reveals, for an African American man with some college education, the lifetime change of going to prison actually decreased slightly between 1979 and 1999 (from 6% to 5%). A black man born in the late 1960s who dropped out of high school has 59% chance of going to prison in his lifetime whereas a black man who attended college has only 5% chance. i He mentions Jim Crow was segregation despite class or education, mass incarceration is affecting the poor, common sense money and education do not impulse bad choices.
III) Lastly, Forman argues that using Jim Crow to focus on mass incarceration ignores the history of The Old Jim Crow. In order to support his argument he mentions a personal experience and talks about the real Jim Crow