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The Black Box
According Michelle Alexander some businesses will deny someone’s request to work for their company if they know the person has been convicted and has gone to jail. Alexander states this is much stricter on African American citizens because they are seen as people of color. In the text Alexander also wrote about a nonprofit organization dedicated to end hate on ex-offenders called All of Us or None, which is located in San Francisco, it stops employers from not hiring someone because they have go to jail. This organization seeks to remove the black box off of all job applications. The black box is for people who have gone to jail. Millions are being denied jobs because of this box and Alexander is seeking to end the discrimination brought to these ex-offenders.

Debtors Prison
The government makes it very difficult for the newly released criminal’s to be able to get back on their feet after being released. Alexander states when the convicts are release from prison they are charged with numerous charges such as drug testing, drug treatment, child support, and fees that have to do with their imprisonment. Alexander states that the money that recently released criminals earn tends to be very little and not enough for themselves and especially not enough to pay back the government. If the individual does not pay the fees or fails to pay them in time they will be sent to prison again. Alexander feels that the criminals are being treated like the slaves after the Civil War earning as little as 25 cents an hour. She also explains how after the criminals are released they can get arrested for minor violations. Alexander clarifies that most of the newly released prisoners will end up with serious debt and are kept in prisons in some cases until their debt is gone which Alexander show’s to be impossible with how poorly treated these people are.

Let them Eat Cake
Alexander states that prisoners are being release with tons of debt, and the government will not allow them to receive any federal help. If a felon is found to receive help from the government they will be sent to jail. There is a five year limit of lifetime on benefits that the federal government gives to families with needs called the temporary assistance for needy family program (TANF). But once someone is labeled as a criminal they will not be able to receive any of these benefits.

Influences on Society
Michelle Alexander’s was able to influence society by her thoughts on the caste system and racial discrimination in the United States. On Alexander’s web page for the New Jim Crow, the public have created groups to take action against the caste system: such as The Samuel DeWitt Proctor Conference which is a group committed to consciousness raising and movement building from a faith perspective., The Campaign to End the New Jim Crow is an organization dedicated to structure a movement with the goal of replacing prisons and life-long discrimination with caring communities, and the Formerly Incarcerated Peoples Movement is a group dedicated to achieving the full rebuilding of civil and human rights for all people, especially those who have been convicted by the criminal justice system. Alexander was able to reach a large group of people with her book the New Jim Crow. They work together to make a difference and stop the discrimination as well as to bring a final end to all forms of hate brought to people of color.

Employment discrimination against African Americans in the military
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Employment_discrimination_law_in_the_United_States

Working on the exceptions section of the article.

In the article posted on the pbs website Henry Louis Gates Jr. writes about how black men were treated in the military during the 1940's. According to Gates during that time the whites gave the African Americans a chance to actually prove themselves as Americans by having them participate in the war. So if they fought honorably they will be considered Americans. Although on the national geographic website they stated that when black soldiers joined the Navy the only thing they were able to do was work as servants. They allowed them to participate but did not allow the black soldiers jobs other than mess attendants, stewards, and cooks. Even when the African Americans wanted to defend the country they lived in they were still denied the power to do so. The Navy treated them as though they were just servants of the war.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racial_discrimination_against_African_Americans_in_the_U.S._Military