To what extent does the Michelle alexander use persuasion in order to show similarity between the Jim Crow and the new American justice system? The new American justice system was believed to be a refined version of the previous Jim crow that promised equality and liberty to all races. The term “Jim crow” refers to the practice of segregating people in the Us The New Jim Crow was published during the year 2010, it is a book written by Michelle alexander, a credible well known American rights litigator
Short Paper #2 Michelle Alexander’s The New Jim Crow In The New Jim Crow, author Michelle Alexander proposes an argument that there is a new caste system in society for people of color. This caste system takes place in the form of mass incarceration which she claims is similar to Jim Crow laws in the way that it is a “well-disguised system of racialized social control” (Alexander 4). Mass incarceration is a main component of this “new caste system” because African American males in particular are
The New Jim Crowe Book Review Abstract Michelle Alexander wrote a brilliant book, in my opinion. She does not ramble on about what she thinks but bases the book in its entirety in statistical proof. She states her overall opinion or thesis and follows it up with a decent blueprint to capture the reader and makes the reader want to go and find evidence against her claims. She claims that the United States the highest incarceration rates on the planet, that black males go to prison at a higher rate