Mass Incarceration: The New Jim Crow

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Alexander has made me realized how the current era of mass incarceration is the new Jim Crow. She explained how mass incarceration in the United States, is the result of millions of African Americans in prison. In the beginning of the chapter, she explained the different forms of caste-based system such as slavery, Jim Crow, and mass incarceration. This provided examples of how each caste system continue to segregate people. Alexander provided information of racial prejudices, the massive budget increased for drug law enforcement and the media convincing the public of drug war, which caused incarceration of African American. Mass incarceration is a legal way for African Americans denied their rights as citizens and be discriminated against.