> [!summary] Progressive Summary # Structured Notes ## Definitions caste - a stigmatized racial group locked into an inferior position by law and custom. ## Chapter Summaries ### Introduction The US has used 3 racialized systems of control: - slavery - Jim Crow - mass incarceration Mass incarceration is the perpetuation of Jim Crow in a different guise. It is creating a permanent black underclass. Any racial justice effort that ignores criminal justice reform will ultimately fail. More than half of young black men in many large American cities are saddled with criminal records. ### The Rebirth of Caste # Quotes