The New Jim Crow Book Report
Michelle Alexander’s “The New Jim Crow”, a book about mass incarceration and colorblindness, was published in January 2010 by the Union Theological Seminary. Michelle Alexander holds a degree from Vanderbilt University. She is also a professor of Union Theological Seminary. Michelle Alexander graduated from Stanford Law School. She is also the director of Stanford Law School’s Civil Rights Clinic. She argues in her book “The New Jim Crow : Mass Incarceration In The Age Of Colorblindness,” that racial prejudice and government policy dates back to the Jim Crow Laws. Jim Crow Laws were the segregation of whites from blacks that took place in the South United States. Her book focuses primarily on the mass prisonering of African American boys.
The book “The New Jim Crow” argues about mass incarceration a great deal. The book argues that racial laws are starting to look like Jim Crow laws despite the fact that they were repealed decades ago. It mentions that black men who are felons cannot vote. The new Jim Crow is called that because it’s what it is. Although the Jim Crow laws are over, the treatment of African Americans has made a comeback. Michelle Alexander says that she doesn’t agree about the New Jim Crow nor segregation. However, I do agree on her point of view. The book focuses mainly on the 20th century and 21st, due to the profiling of African Americans and their brutal treatment. The book explains how the media’s portrayal of the criminal-justice system was misleading. Media shows that those arrested in drug cases are arrested nicely and get parole at most. The book makes it seem harsh, but that is the truth. Alexander discusses how the Supreme Court’s rulings have helped in the drug war and given them the right of search.
The book says that only people of colour are held accountable for crimes, and that it is difficult for people of other races to challenge the injustices of law. Authors often talk about the 20th Century, but also compare it to the modern era and the 19th. This book covers the entire history of the race in America, from slavery and the Civil War through reconstruction, Jim Crow Laws and the Civil Rights Movement. The book describes how mass-incarceration is a major part of the New Jim Crow. Black people also have little or no rights.
Michelle Alexander’s book is mainly about the South. This volume. The book Alexander uses the term “colorblindness” to indicate that the system is flawed. Both the Old Jim Crow and New Jim Crow have similarities but are not identical. These problems are widespread, but mostly concentrated in the South. She clarifies that Jim Crow is a term with many variations, but they all share the same white resentment and colorblind laws. The main difference is that there’s not much outrage or activism.
This book has been deemed important as it addresses real issues that are affecting the United States. It also discusses how many Americans have a denial of the new Jim Crow and are ignorant about the issue. This book is controversial because it is only one person’s view. Many people will disagree with the views expressed in this book. There are many colored people who have been incarcerated in large numbers. This will continue as long there is not enough public awareness.
Michelle Alexanders work has been a source of education and awareness for many. Although Jim Crow has ended, racism against coloreds and mass incarceration still exists. She wants to see real equality and change. The racial profile still exists and people still treat colored people with such rudeness and malice that it is not just a question of wanting to change but rather a must. This book proves that racism exists in the justice systems.
