SOC311H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Racialization, Racial Segregation In The United States
Document Summary
Racial inequality and prisoner re-entry in the canadian context. Prison is new way for america to control black people, low income people, manages them and keeps them away. In interviews, before incarceration people self identified as white, they were more likely to self identify in a different way after prison. So many blacks with a criminal record that its become its own social group. Even though the cjs didn"t create racial inequality, it does a good job of maintaining and continuing racial inequality. Black people not as likely to get second chances if they make a parole mistake for example. Prisoners coming from and returning to the most racially segregated and disadvantaged communities. Removal of individuals from these communities means they are. Removal of individuals from these communities means they are destabilized. Cant contribute to the economy, cant contribute to social. Ongoing cycle of poverty, incarceration, and racial inequality. Miller reading: majority of prisoners get released to 7 communities in.
