Evaluate the strength of the argument that mass incarceration serves as the “new Jim Crow.” Answer the following three questions:
1. Explain the statement that “mass incarceration is the ‘new Jim Crow’.”
2. What evidence supports this argument? 3. What evidence contradicts it?
Be sure to cite the relevant readings and statistics from the following books: Alexander, M. (2012). The New Jim Crow. New York, NY: The New Press. McWhorter, J. H. (2000). Losing the race: Self-sabotage in Black America. New York, NY: Simon and Schuster. Pfaff, J. (2017). Locked in: The true causes of mass incarceration—And how to achieve real reform. New York, NY: Basic Books. Wilson, W. J. (2012). The truly disadvantaged: The inner city, the underclass, and public policy. Chicago, IL: The University of Chicago Press. Wynn, J. (2001). Inside Rikers: Stories from the world’s largest penal colony. New York, NY: Macmillan.
