In the New Jim Crow written by Michelle Alexander‚ Alexander reminds us of the retrospect of what we once knew‚ the grating truth hidden behind the land of freedom‚ racial prejudice towards the colored. Although today‚ America guarantees liberal rights to every individual of color. Alexander argues that the cateism still lingers beyond the lines of our society. Michelle supports her argument through the rebirth of the Old Jim Crow‚ War on Drugs and the racial caste system. Alexander believes that
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Jim Crow Laws The Jim Crow Laws were basically laws that lowered the class of the black population. These strict anti black laws made it legal for white people to practice racists behaviors. For example‚ whites and blacks could not share common things like a bathroom or water fountain. The Jim Crow laws‚ in my opinion‚ were one of the main causes of racism as we know it today. Since it was the law to treat blacks differently‚ kids grew up thinking this is how im suppose to act. Therefore
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The Jim crow museum depicts very accurately how racist southern america used to be. It is astonishing how much hatred people can have for something as messily as the color of someone’s skin. Jim Crow was developed as a fictitious character that heavily embellished the negro culture with much mockery. Jim crow became the symbol of how blacks should be treated hence the Jim Crow Laws that were developed. Whites would paint their faces black and perform on stage as bafoons. These shows helped
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as she gained insight on the racial bias in our criminal justice system and how it has been altered throughout time. In The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindless‚ Alexander compares our current justice system to the Jim Crow laws of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries‚ which enforced racial segregation‚ by calling our system “The New Jim Crow.” Alexander describes America’s racial history in depth by covering slavery‚ the Civil War‚ reconstruction‚ and the Civil Rights
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Alexander’s quote setting off one of the early parts of The New Jim Crow essentially declares the foundation of our country. Although the discrimination isn’t‚ for the most part‚ as out in the open as it used to be‚ it is still maintained by preserving the social castes today. The presence of a social caste system in today’s society implies truthfulness in Alexander’s statement. When Alexander insisted that American democracy was built on a time when the black person was seen as three fifths the
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shown me the nation we live in has been built off the exploitation of lower class citizens‚ who as a result live in environments cut off from mainstream society. These citizens often experience discrimination as well. Michelle Alexander’s‚ The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration and
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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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Study Questions for The New Jim Crow (145 Points) 1) What did you know about this issue before beginning the book? What did you learn from the Acknowledgements and from the Preface? Through the news I understood that our current prison system locks a majority of nonviolent drug criminals. This has come to my attention due to the fact that most of my high school friends had at least one relative in prison because of drug offenses – at the time‚ I lived in a mostly blue-collar oriented small city
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Michelle Alexander writes in the preface that her intended audiences for the book “The New Jim Crow” are the people who care about racial equality‚ and this immediately struck me. This is because racial equality is very important in today’s society‚ and Alexander expresses that. It does not seem normal‚ in my opinion‚ for a person to think otherwise. This is where Alexander’s “new” Jim Crow laws become very interesting to me. Michelle Alexander’s style of writing was specifically noticeable‚ as well
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not being protected‚ however; there are no guarantees they will make it home safe and healthy. The war on drugs is not only attacking society but also attacking the place that claims to help those convicted for crimes Such as in the article “The New Jim Crow” by Mitchell Alexander‚ the author provides us with many information about the drug wars between the years and centuries. Alexander describes the drug wars between the poor communities and African Americans being the target. As we face the facts
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