Watch Michelle Alexander’s Ted Talk book “The New Jim Crow” aims to stimulate a conversation about the criminal justice system’s role in creating and perpetuating racial hierarchy (or a racial caste-like system) in the United States. She raises compelling arguments about institutional racism, mass incarceration and felon disenfranchisement in the U.S. In this week’s discussion, discuss your own thoughts on this piece. Do you agree or disagree? In your view, what are some of the problems with incarceration as the primary sentence? What alternatives would you recommend in lieu of incarceration? What sentencing philosophy supports your favorite alternative?
Thinking Instructions Please write a reflection to this week’s chapter readings must be a full college level paragraph length (200-250 words, roughly 7 complete sentences) to be accepted. Generate a l
Thinking Instructions Please write a reflection to this week’s chapter readings must be a full college level paragraph length (200-250 words, roughly 7 complete sentences) to be accepted. Generate a list of at least two courses you are taking now that you think would routinely practice analytical thinking. Now, think