the united states holds about 5% of the world’s population. we have about 25% of the world’s...
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The United States holds about 5% of the world’s population.
We have about 25% of the world’s prison population.
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Many current civil rights activists refer to our criminal justice system as “the new Jim Crow”
and claim this is the most important civil rights issue of our time.
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African Americans make up about 12-13% of US pop.
African Americans make up about 40% of US prison pop.
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African Americans make upabout 0.65% of the world’s pop.
African Americans make upabout 10% of the world’s prison pop.
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“Racism is [currently] a much more clandestine, much more hidden kind of phenomenon, but at the same time
it's perhaps far more terrible than it's ever been.”
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“Poor people, people of color especially, are much more likely to be found in prison than in
institutions of higher education.”
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“I think the contemporary problem that we are facing [is] increasing numbers of black people and other people of color being thrown into
a status that involves work in alternative economies and increasing numbers of people who are incarcerated.”
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“I'm suggesting that we abolish the social function of prisons.”
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Activist Angela Davis Calls for Abolition of Prison System
• Read and annotate together in groups of 3 or 4• Discuss and write down answers to the following
questions:– According to Angela Davis, how are current incarceration
rates connected to our history of racism in the United States?
– Why might someone like Angela Davis consider prisons and incarceration to be one of the most important civil rights issue today?
– Is this something we should all be concerned with? If no, why not? If yes, what should we do about it?