New Jim Crow Democracy
No Democracy with the New Jim Crow
The United States of America is proud to be known as the land of the free. Its representative democracy is supposed to hold the consent of all American citizens and make sure the constitution and equality is upheld; however, its state of government has been actively partaking in activities and rulings that do not benefit the whole of America. In fact, many of the state’s decisions have been working against specific racial minorities and creating a criminal justice system that almost mirrors the racist statues implemented after the Civil War, called the Jim Crow laws. This New Jim Crow unfairly targets minority races, sentences them harsher in court, and leaves them and their families to deal with the immense consequences. These consequences not only trap them in a cycle of poverty and immobility, but take away many of the rights that are supposed to be granted to every citizen of the United States. These policies are pushing the U.S. democracy back toward pre-Civil War mentalities, making African-Americans’ (and other minority groups’) voices irrelevant and unheard.
Power and authority rest in the state. While these two words seem synonymous, they hold two very different meanings. Power is the ability to make someone do something they would not normally do through the use of force and …show more content…
Racial minorities are unfairly targeted, imprisoned and revoked of their rights. This is pushing America backwards, toward slavery, a time when only white males had to right to an opinion. Through these covertly racial practices, our government is slowly taking away racial minorities’ democratic rights and access to political processes. The New Jim Crow may seem like a different set of laws compared to the Old Jim Crow; however, it is just turning the prison system into a new form of
The United States of America is proud to be known as the land of the free. Its representative democracy is supposed to hold the consent of all American citizens and make sure the constitution and equality is upheld; however, its state of government has been actively partaking in activities and rulings that do not benefit the whole of America. In fact, many of the state’s decisions have been working against specific racial minorities and creating a criminal justice system that almost mirrors the racist statues implemented after the Civil War, called the Jim Crow laws. This New Jim Crow unfairly targets minority races, sentences them harsher in court, and leaves them and their families to deal with the immense consequences. These consequences not only trap them in a cycle of poverty and immobility, but take away many of the rights that are supposed to be granted to every citizen of the United States. These policies are pushing the U.S. democracy back toward pre-Civil War mentalities, making African-Americans’ (and other minority groups’) voices irrelevant and unheard.
Power and authority rest in the state. While these two words seem synonymous, they hold two very different meanings. Power is the ability to make someone do something they would not normally do through the use of force and …show more content…
Racial minorities are unfairly targeted, imprisoned and revoked of their rights. This is pushing America backwards, toward slavery, a time when only white males had to right to an opinion. Through these covertly racial practices, our government is slowly taking away racial minorities’ democratic rights and access to political processes. The New Jim Crow may seem like a different set of laws compared to the Old Jim Crow; however, it is just turning the prison system into a new form of