Intro & States of Denial
The question posed, but was unanswered by Barack Obama, Tyra Banks, and other popular celebrities.
What is where are all the black men?
Three Phases of Entrapment
What are roundup, period of formal control and period of invisible punishment?
This statistic represents how many African American men lost their right to vote.
a. 1-in-4
b. 1-in-7
c. 1-in-9
d. 1-in-23
What is 1-in-7?
The laws that are in place that prohibit the use and sale of drugs are facially race _________.
What is neutral?
Alexander says we could have used the economic crisis in inner-city black communities to wage a War on _____.
What is Poverty?
True or False
There are more African American adults under correctional control today than enslaved in 1850
"A light skinned Negro in excellent health...One who was born of a degraded and depressed race, and had never experienced anything but indifference and harshness."
Who is the first person admitted to a U.S. penitentiary?
The reason why 30% of African American males are excluded from juries.
What is because they have been to prison or have a felony?
The stigma of black criminality has turned the black community ______.
This person said, "A nation is a choice."
Who is Lerone Bennett Jr.?
The percentage of professional African American women are unmarried.
a. 70%
b. 50%
c. 30%
d. 60%
What is 70%?
The tradition of treating criminals as less than full citizens dates back to here.
What is Ancient Greece?
Dred Scott v. Sanford, Plessy v. Ferguson, and McCleskey v. Kemp have this in common.
What is being able to close the courthouse doors on racial bias?
True or false: Back in the times of Jim Crow many whites meant no harm because they legitimately believed that African Americans were both intellectually and morally inferior and thought that segregation was the best way to deal with a society of unequal people.
What is true?
John A. Powell said it is better to be exploited than _________, because at least when you are exploited, you are still needed.
What is marginalized?
The Birdcage Metaphor
The idea that black men are trapped in a criminal justice system that was designed to keep them at the bottom of a racial hierarchy
The concern for prevention and punishment of crime shifted to this.
What is the management and control of the dispossessed?
The ways being labeled a felon affects beyond a single person.
What is affecting family, community, and friends?
Which drug was seen as “fearsome” in 1950 when it was associated with people of color, but considered relatively harmless when associated with whites in 1970?
What is marijuana?
The rise in unemployment rates in black youth was not due to a change in their values, behavior or culture. But was due to....
What are deindustrialization, globalization, and technological advancement?
The difference between Jim Crow and Mass incarceration.
What is racial hostility?
The number of more black men in the Illinois prison system versus the number enrolled in state's public universities.
What is 20,000?
A Usual-Residence Rule
What is imprisoned individuals counted as residents of the jurisdiction in which they are incarcerated?
The percentage of African Americans arrested for drug crimes that is deemed acceptable by people in America.
a. 87%
b. 71%
c. 90%
d. 69%
What is 90%?
This person observed that individuals are forced to make choices in an environment they did not choose.
Who is Tommie Shelby?