The New Jim Crow
Read Chapters 3 & 4 Assignment for “The New Jim Crow”The following is information regarding your reading assignment and written assignment for each week of our book read. Each week you will need to read two chapters and answer the discussion questions below. Answers for each question should be at least 200 words. Each week you will answer 2-4 questions. Some questions will have multiple parts. You should avoid answering with short yes/no answers. These are discussion questions designed to make you reflect on the information you are reading and to think through your answers. Answers should flow as if they were short “essay” papers.Book Reading: Chapters 3 and 4: Answers for Each Question Should Be At Least 200 Words Each.Question 5: “Research conducted by the Sentencing Project have found that countries that are the most racially and ethnically diverse are the most punitive. Whereas the most homogeneous countries are the least punitive. Why do you think that is?”Question 6: “What are the parallels between the ‘get tough’ movement aimed at immigrants and ‘get tough’ laws aimed at African Americans?”
