Policing and sentencing.

Write a minimum 500-word essay on the ways in which race and class operate in the American prison system. In this essay, you must directly draw upon the following two articles: “Masked Racism” by Davis and “Trends in US Corrections” by the Sentencing Project. The above articles will comprise the majority of your attention. Be sure to cite all quotes and also when paraphrasing. However, Finally, your essay must directly utilize at least two concepts from Chapter 5 of our textbook, You May Ask Yourself – Social Control and Deviance to support your argument and one reference to an online video clip Michelle Alexander’s New Jim Crow, Victor Rios, Angela Davis, etc) we watched in this class. No outside websites (or readings) are allowed for this essay. You are only allowed to use the readings and course materials listed above.