This week’s discussion assignment includes watching the HBO documentary, The House I Live In , directed by Eugene Jarecki and created in collaboration with David Simon, best known for his creation of The Wire series.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/03/04/the-jail-health-care-crisis
PLEASE USE THE ATTACHED VIDEOS AND ARTICLES AS SOURCES
As with the New Jim Crow, this documentary assembles a number of familiar arguments against the drug war but analyzes them through fresh points of view to make them more compelling to a broader audience.
In thinking about the issues covered thus far in the course, THE NEW JIM CROW; OPIOD ABUSE
which of the below arguments do you personally find the most compelling,
why?
Separately, which do you think has the broadest appeal to the American public, and why?
Racial disparities – For those born in 2001, 1 in 3 black men will be incarcerat ed in their lifetime, while 1 in 6 Latino men will experience the same. Only 1 in 17 white men will share the same fate. This despite the fact that non-Hispanic whites make up two-thirds of the population (not counting immigrant pops), while Blacks and Hispanics each make up about 13% of the total population.