The New Jim Crow Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness Revised Edition M I C H E L L E A L E X A N D E R © 20 I 0‚ 201 2 by Michelle Alexander All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form‚ without written permission from the publisher. Request for permission to reproduce selections from this book should be mailed to: Permissions Department‚ The New Press. 38 Greene Street‚ New York‚ NY 10013. Published in the United States by The New Press‚ New
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Victor Ferreira The New Jim Crow Chapter 2 Incarceration rates in the United States have exploded due to the convictions for drug offenses. Today there are half a million in prison or jail due to a drug offense‚ while in 1980 there were only 41‚100. They have tripled since 1980. The war on drugs has contributed the most to the systematic mass incarceration of people of color‚ most of them African-Americans. The drug war is aimed to catch the big-time dealers‚ but the majority of the people
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Hi my names Mae and I am a black that wants freedom. It was back in the 19th century the Jim Crow Era the worst time ever for me at least. We the blacks had no rights well not a lot at least and I didn’t know why. When we walked the streets white people would give us looks. Like mean looks this didn’t bother me much not as much as the fact that they would beat us if we were bad or even if they didn’t like what we did. But sometimes they would hang our kind. Let me tell you something that was not
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there was a little boy‚ named Jim Peterson. He was 10 years old and he went to Clark elementary school. His parents had a very successful shoes company. Jim also had an older brother named Tom Peterson. He was 4 years older than Jim and now he went to Clark Junior High School. Although they were brothers‚ Jim and Tom had so many differences from their physical appearances to their personalities. Tom had an ‘athletic body’‚ and he was good at sports. On the other side‚ Jim had a smaller body compared
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Jim and Antonia are both extremely different characters from the beginning to the end of the book. Antonia at the beginning was a young girl filled with dreams‚ ambition‚ and having big plans for the future. She starts learning the language‚ going to a good school‚ however‚ when her father dies this is put on hold. She just would not imagine for how long. After this happens she needed to help her family. She did just this and then fell head over heals with a man who would not lead her to her best
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the child in school. It was Jim Morrison‚ lead singer for the the band The Doors‚ who said‚ “The most loving parents and relatives commit murder with smiles on their faces. They force us
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Introduction James Jim Burns‚ a lung cancer survivor‚ was born on March 21‚ 1951 in a small town called Vinita‚ Oklahoma. After serving 10 years in the United States Air Force as an E-6 fuel specialist‚ he met the love of his life when stationed in the Philippines to my aunt named‚ “Thai”. They’ve been married for 42 years and have a son and a grandson who is now residing in Seattle‚ Washington. For the interview‚ we discussed the benefits of healthcare‚ thoughts on being older‚ family‚ society
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I believe that this quote means to me was how unfair of the government to contradict their own people in which African-Americans were not able to have the same rights of the White Americans. Jim Crows laws were so cruel to the extreme that they were able to control the lives of the African-Americans. In this essay I will be reviewing over some of the Jim Crow laws and further explain the effects it has on each individual African-American. The first law I want to cover is the law about nurses. No
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with. This gave him the first opportunity to trust in Jim and see him as a human being. The island I believe was the first major building block within the story. There was no one but Jim and Huck‚ no one who could influence how Jim was treated by Huck. Back in the days of slavery the slaves were believed to be stupid and have no knowledge‚ this is proved otherwise in chapter IX. "Well‚ you wouldn’t a’ ben here f it hadn’t a’ ben for Jim. You’d a’ ben down dah in de woods widout any dinner‚
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- Kenneth Blanchard The challenge of leadership is to be strong‚ but not rude; be kind‚ but not weak; be bold‚ but not bully; be thoughtful‚ but not lazy; be humble‚ but not timid; be proud‚ but not arrogant; have humor‚ but without folly. - Jim Rohn A good leader inspires people to have confidence in the leader‚ a great leader inspires people to have confidence in themselves - Eleanor Roosevelt Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail
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