‘The unprecedented nature of black achievement in formerly white domains does not mean the end of racial caste.’ (275).
With this statement Michelle Alexander points out one of the most important issues discussed in her text. She underlines that people of color still facing greater political, economic and social challenges is a moral equivalent to the old Jim Crow laws. Alexander points out, that the concept of racial castes is indeed not dead in America as many would like to believe. Instead the control over people of color was being renewed over and over again.
Amongst other things, Michelle Alexander focuses on the fact that the USA has the highest incarceration rate in the world, which keeps rising despite fluctuating crime rates. This,
