Incarceration in the United States

The voter identification laws vary from state to state. My thought on the voter identification law is that you shouldn’t be required to show a photo ID when voting. The voter must register using the address they reside in, and they will have to vote in the district near their residence. A photo ID is required when you're voting in person, but nothing is required when you have a mail in a ballot or absentee ballot even though the ballot is mailed to your home address. The resident could have…

13th is a Netflix documentary that examines the connection between race, mass incarceration, and slavery. 13th was written by Ana DuVernay, an American screenwriter and director. Ana DuVernay is also known for her contribution Selma. 13th focuses on a single question that many Americans may have: “If the 13th Amendment of the US constitution freed black people, then why are so many black people not free?” The filmmakers examine many hindering factors that the black community have faced or may…

your state rests on the shoulders of Mexico it is hard to deny the need for border control and immigration safety. Arizona, being that state must remain diligent in protecting the people from the invasion of illegal aliens. This is not to say that America should not have immigrants anymore, for the county itself is a birthright of immigration, but strong regard for the method in which people immigrate into the county should be sustained. According to text, “Arizona is the sixth largest state in…

Many individuals have hear the term “Mass Incarceration” but does not really know the true meaning of the term. The term is describing the vast of individuals that are imprison in the United States of America. It has come to the my knowledge that America has the most people behind bars then walking in the street freely. Most people do not realize that, slavery is back again but, in a different form. History is repeating itself. When comparing today and back then, there is not really much of a…

The Japanese Americans of the early twentieth century faced hardships in the United States from racial tensions; Americans from European-descent grew angry from the success of Japanese laborers, farmers and businessmen. This widespread hatred for the Japanese was supported with articles from newspapers and the popular radio shows of the time. Prior to entering World War II, the US government developed a list of threatening resident aliens with ties to the Axis powers. With the attack on Pearl…

in charge of our society—politicians, corporate executives, and owners of press and television—can dominate our ideas, they will be secure in their power. They will not need soldiers patrolling the streets. We will control ourselves.” Zinn clearly states that if we allow for our ideas to be manipulated then we will not need supervision because the way we think about society will already have changed through the media and propaganda of the politicians and corporations of the world. In the world…

Slavery, the practice of owning human beings for personal gain has been engraved in American Culture. A practice once foreign to the land of the free, slavery was brought to current day the United States in large part to the transatlantic economy in the seventeenth century. Before slavery was added to the trade system and economy, the economy was fueled mainly by sugar, rice, and tobacco(Sheets 33). By adding slavery to the economy, there was much to gain for those who participated in the…

colonists it made more sense to have the person working rather than keeping an able body in a shack and having to pay for food and shelter. It was not uncommon for homes, inns, and other structures to be used as or considered a jail or house of incarceration in the early years of America. Inmates in early jails were required to pay a fee for their upkeep since these areas did not have the money or food to afford keeping people in jail. Citizens who were wealthier could easily pay their way out…

surrounding different races, especially African American in the United States, is a story about as old as this country. And even though times have changed and slavery is no longer legal, the issues of the past have changed the way African Americans are marginalized. For this history paper, I decided to watch the documentary “The 13th”, directed by Ava DuVernay. Although, slavery may be gone the new major issue to arrive is mass incarceration of African Americans by the thousands, that did not…

government is about $29 billion, while the states pick up the remaining share of about $84 billion” (Kirkwood 19). The…