AASP187

The New Jim Crow: African-Americans, Mass Incarceration and the Prison Industrial Complex

Recommended: AASP100. Students will examine the birth of the racial caste system following the abolition of slavery, the parallels between the racial hierarchy of the Jim Crow system and contemporary mass incarceration, and the rise of the prison industrial complex as a multi-billon business which thrives on the oppression of low-income populations and poor communities of color.

Sister Courses: AASP187I

Fall 2024

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