HUMR 3002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: The New Jim Crow, Ethnic Conflict, Racialization
27 Nov 2016
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Week 5: february 8: weaponized urbanism and infrastructures of control. Michelle alexander: the new jim crow mass incarceration in the age of colorblindness. Si(cid:374)(cid:272)e the (cid:1005)99(cid:1004)(cid:859)s the i(cid:374)flu(cid:454) i(cid:374) the (cid:449)a(cid:396) o(cid:374) d(cid:396)ugs has (cid:373)ade poli(cid:272)e fo(cid:396)(cid:272)es (cid:396)eso(cid:396)t to the use of swat almost on a daily basis simply to confiscate narcotics, the majority of it weed. The use swat rose exponentially across cities, from 35 in minnesota in 1986 to over 700 in 1996. Many of these botched raids lead to violent paramilitary encounter with innocent civilians who are killed during raids (over 780 cases from 1989-2001) Many times police do not even compensate or cover any of the extensive damage they cause during raids. These raids target those of lower social classes and an exponentially higher level of ethnic and racial minorities (black and latinos) This form of militarized policing started in 1981 when reagan persuaded congress to pass the.
