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is a means of victimizing a specific people or if it is directed towards a certain race. This is because the distributive principles may provide guidance for choices faced by each society every now and then.
One may start by considering the principle of strict egalitarianism that states that people are morally equal and that it is best to give effect to this idea. We get the information that in dispensing criminal justice, one community or race should not get overlooked but all should be treated fairly. In the book by alexander Michael that goes by the title "The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness" she tends to believe …show more content…

Considering the views of Alexander, we find her making a statement that the birth of Jim Crow came about when laws were passed to push African Americans in a situation where their rights could be completely stripped from them. Further she goes to explain how this problem was solved by lifting of the Jim Crows laws. However, with the end of this laws the African-American community still live in fear of groups such as Ku Klux Klan and are still marginalized in employment opportunities. In his book Alexander states, " Nearly a quarter of African Americans live below the poverty line today, approximately the same percentage as in 1968. The black child poverty rate is actually higher now than it was then. Unemployment rates in black communities rival those in Third World countries” CITATION Mic12 \l 1033 (Alexander, 2012). This information shows that the black community is a disadvantaged community and that the government needs to come up with measures of ensuring that their security is guaranteed and that they get fair opportunities as other members rather than bundling them up in prisons and assuming that they engage in crime just by

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