“The New Jim Crow‚” Alexander explains how the system of mass incarceration works. Anderson argues that the War on Drugs has led to the increment of African Americans in state and federal prisons for non-serious drug violations (possession). Most of these men have no serious criminal histories and are rarely drug kings or high ranked drug dealers. Due to the government’s persistence in making the community safer by removing “criminals‚” they have developed programs to crack down on drugs. Law enforcement
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nation used laws to discriminate against African American people. In the year 1877 Jim Crow laws were born from the ashes of the civil war. This war fought for freedom for the slaves in the south. Jim Crow laws were created by white men to keep African American men and women from being truly free. These laws segregated and hindered many aspects of African American people’s lives. These aspects include their personal lives‚ their education‚ and their daily activities. First‚ Jim Crow laws obstructed
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the South. They began to migrate to the west and north in the 1890’s. This was known as The Great Migration. African Americans were segregated by the Jim Crow laws. Their lives were controlled at all times by these laws. The Jim Crow laws made African Americans as second class citizens. Lynching became a big way to enforce Jim Crow laws. The lynchings were advertised. Groups of people would gather around to watch an African American get lynched. It was like a show that was being put on for
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States of America. The two things that stuck out the most to me we reading the Jim Crow laws and watching the “Class Divided” studies performed by Jane Elliot. These caused me to think deeper‚ and question my actions‚ thoughts and words‚ along with those of the people around me regarding discrimination and racism. Jim Crow laws were state and local laws enforcing racial segregation in the Southern United States. Some common laws include: blacks and whites cannot eat together‚ a black person should never
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the Jim Crow laws affected blacks Why did whites make blacks feel like second class citizens with Jim Crow laws? Jim Crow laws were racist prejudice laws.The Jim Crow laws made it harder for whites and blacks to create any type of unity.The Jim Crow laws were made in 1877-1954 and were in place for only one thing to separate blacks and white. Schools had to be separated as well as water fountain’s‚ jobs and hospital. This means that it was one race who wanted power over the other race.The laws were
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Racism and Southern Identification The Ethics of Living Jim Crow1 ! Upon reading the Ethics of Jim Crow a number of things came to mind. First and foremost‚ the difficulty of being a black person in this era. Throughout the article it seems that negroes are continually targeted without any basis. The response to any giving situation is never appropriate‚ the respectability for the self and other negroes is completely obliterated and most importantly there is a system of fear that is instituted not
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Throughout the late 19th century‚ African Americans did not have the same rights as white people‚ which led towards the establishment of Jim Crow laws. Jim Crow laws segregated blacks from whites in a political‚ educational‚ and social setting‚ which created unfair treatment towards people of color. In Devil in the Grove‚ four African American boys‚ known as the Groveland Boys‚ were falsely accused of raping a white woman in Florida‚ which was known as the Groveland case. Thurgood Marshall‚ who was
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Both Inherit the Wind and To Kill a Mockingbird exhibit this bias. In the time period in which they were written (1950-1960)‚ prejudice was starting to be recognized and fought more. Although both works experience and overcome prejudice‚ Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee’s Inherit the Wind focuses on discrimination against free thought and faith‚ whereas Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird condemns victims through racism along with ageism. Both Inherit the Wind and To Kill a Mockingbird show themes
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Michelle Alexander author of "The New Jim Crow" argues that Mass Incarceration has regenerated laws similar to Jim Crow; Alexander believes these caste systems such as Jim Crow and slavery are similar to the existing system of mass incarceration. In addition‚ Alexander alleges the U.S. criminal justice system created laws that mainly target African Americans through the War on Drugs. In comparing mass incarceration with Jim Crow‚ Alexander points to compelling parallels regarding political disenfranchisement
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The capacity for humans to do good and evil portrayed in the novels To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee and Lord of the Flies by William Golding (title subject to change) It is generally known that human beings have the power and the means to help and love one another as well as the complete opposite in hatred and destruction. These two novels deal with the theme of good vs. evil in their own respective ways. One concentrates on the affect of discrimination and negligence and naivety that allows
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