Pages 200-261
We have finally reached the end of The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander! In the spirit of my final blog post, I would like to take a look back at some of the arguments that were explored in this book. The first and most obvious question that Alexander answers right from the start is, does a system of mass incarceration even exist, and if so, does it specifically target African-Americans? In short, the answers are yes and yes (information on this can be found in the introduction for those who are unconvinced). The next obvious question is how does this system function? I have already gone into this quite extensively in a previous blog post––"Pages 96-151"––so I will not bore you with details yet again. Instead, I would like to focus on a more accusatory argument that Alexander makes: To what extent has the United States Government created and perpetuated a system that intentionally targets African-Americans through mass incarceration? My thoughts aside, Alexander would argu...