Critical Book Review of the New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

Michelle was once a clerk at the US Supreme Court to Justice Harry Blackmum. In the book, she looks at what she terms, “The cyclical rebirth of the castle in America. ” This book is a treatise that is very relevant to the lives of every American and should be closely examined with great consideration. This article provides a critical review of the book, identifying some of its successes and any shortcomings. In the entire lifetime of the United States, the nation has become the leading in incarceration. In fact, it is racist (Schuessler 1). Federal figures reveal that the use of drugs is almost at a similar rate between the blacks and the whites. This is regarding percentages. Raw numbers, however, reveal that whites are leading in drug use by a large margin.Research has shown that whites engage more than blacks in the use and dealing of all illegal drugs. Figures show that the “War on Drugs” campaigns has tremendously increased the rate of arrests for the members of the black communit...