The individual and collective consequences of mass incarceration in the African American community

<p>While over time the terms of reference (e.g., Negro, Colored, Black, African American, Afrikan) have changed, the degraded cast status of Black people has been an immutable constant. For the purpose of this paper, African American and Black will be used interchangeably. No other minority ethnicity, has attempted to assimilate into White American culture more than African Americans. African Americans carry European names, speak the language (opposed to speaking native ancestors’ languages), and also share many of the same religious beliefs. Yet the stigmatization of blacks as an inferior race remains constant. Today the words African American and criminal are used synonymously.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts (MA)

Level thesis:degree_level

Open Access Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology

Year dc:date.available

2012

Author dc:creator

• McQueen, Deon LaRue

Contributors dc:contributor

• Peter Briand Wood
• Young S. Kim

• coercive mobility
• family disruption
• felony disenfranchisement
• mass incarceration
• reintergration
• war on drugs
• Social and Behavioral Sciences

Repository record dc:identifier

https://commons.emich.edu/theses/850

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:commons.emich.edu:theses-2224