The book “The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Color Blindness” (“The New Jim Crow” ) addresses many important points regarding the criminal justice system and the systemically racial elements that have been perpetuated by various laws. As the book explains, the "war on drugs" has been used to perpetuate racial discrimination against African Americans since the 1980s and the Reagan administration. My personal thoughts on the book come from a legal perspective. In the world of legal education, the impact of the law is little or not discussed. There is intense debate about what the law is and where it could go, but in terms of the impact of certain laws like the "war on drugs", I believe that the mass incarceration of Afro- Americans in relation to drug laws was mentioned twice. at most and only in passing. As for what could be changed, there was no mention of the sociological elements at play or that the disparate impacts were due to the law itself. Even in the law school context, the discussion focused on the almost implicit assumption that minorities were simply more prone to criminal violence. In “The New Jim Crow,” various critiques of current systems were addressed. Abuses and financial inducements undertaken by police departments corrupt the system. Racial bias increases the likelihood that African Americans and other minorities such as Latinos will be arrested and their property seized. Although legally “white” individuals are more likely to sell and use illegal drugs, African Americans and other minorities manage to fill prisons and be targets of police. Police departments violate 4th Amendment protections to achieve this goal and their ...... middle of paper ...... be read by all potential prosecutors, legislators or judges. The negative and disparate impact of the “war on drugs” has its roots in law and jurisprudence. However, in the legal field, we talk little or nothing about this disparate impact and instead present it as a problem without a logical solution. After reading the book, the problem of mass incarceration due to its racial discrimination makes a lot more sense and there seems to be a logical solution. In order to end mass incarceration and the disproportionate impact on African American communities, laws perpetuated as part of the "war on drugs" must be, at a minimum, reduced to diminish the interest of the forces order for economic benefits and also to enable civil rights. allegations must be authorized by the criminal justice system. Alexander made a very convincing argument in his book.