The New Jim Crow

The quote, “we have not ended racial caste in America; we have merely redesigned it.” means that although we as a society believe that we have put tremendous effort into reforms to get rid of racism and discrimination in America, all that we have done is change it until it ends up being the same thing we started with. For example, the introduction mentions how African Americans were not allowed to vote earlier due to slavery first, and then literacy tests. Now that these rules have been thrown out of society, we have still found a way to make it harder for this minority group to vote. African American people make up most of the incarcerated population in America, resulting in them not being able to vote just like their ancestors. The stereotypes put against these men and women never ended, the rules to oppress them just became sneakier and sneakier. This concept can be seen in many aspects of life other than voting. It is still harder for African Americans to get jobs and be respected in society since negative stereotypes towards them still exist.