SOCIO-120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 31: White Supremacy, High School Dropouts
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The drug war is the new jim crow. A blanket term for the system of legislation and rules that governed behaviors of both whites and african americans. A group of people, defined largely by race, who are relegated to permanent second-class status by the law. Legally discriminated against in access to employment, housing, access to education, and public benefits. In many large urban areas, the majority of working age african american men have criminal records. After the civil war, black men were arrested by the thousands for minor crimes and sent to prison plantations. During the 1960s and 1970s, civil rights activists protested growing incarceration rates. You would need to release 4 out of every 5 prisoners currently sitting in prison to return us to their numbers. Approximately 1 million correctional jobs would be lost. In the early 70s, prison systems in america were under scrutiny. 1967 report published by the president"s commission on law enforcement and administration of justice:
