The extra credit assignment is detailed below. For those who missed the quiz, here is you opportunity to make up the points. Please answer all questions and follow formatting instructions in order to receive full credit.

The video shown in class, Michelle Alexander Lecture: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness: THE NEW JIM CROW can be found using this link:

If you are interested in reading the book, Michelle Alexander’s New York Times bestseller The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness and can be purchased everywhere books are sold. Reading the book is not a requirement for extra credit.

Extra Credit Assignment
Answer the following questions:
1. What are the similarities between Jim Crow and mass incarceration? Explain.
2. Reflect on connections between mass incarceration and your own life and community. Do you believe the ‘War on Drugs’ has/has not impacted you directly/indirectly? Explain.
3. Do you believe that colorblindness is a problem? How can you engage people in promoting change? Explain.
The assignment is worth 10 points.

Formatting Instructions
To receive full credit, follow the formatting instructions for your paper:
· Name, date, and title in top left corner of paper
· 12 point font size
· Times New Roman font
· Normal 1” boarders all around
· Double line spacing (2.0)
· 2 full pages

If you cannot make it to class, you must email me the day before class in order to receive an excused absence. If you will be out, please email me the assignment BEFORE class begins.

Feel free to email me if you have any questions. We will further discuss the extra credit assignment during the next class.

Professor Palmer