homework 3 regular (3 sw) - "new slaves"

8/10/2019 Homework 3 Regular (3 SW) - "New Slaves"

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Name: _____________________________Period: _______ Seat #: _______Date: ______________________

Learn History. Do Work. Change the World.

Mr. Cloward 956-422-0938 World History

World History Homework #3Level III

Instructions:

1. Read and annotatethe following article

2. Answer the questions on the next page

Kanye West, "New Slaves" and a Long Tradition of Locking People Up for Profit

Adapted from: Carl Takei, ACLU National Prison Project

Kanye West rapped about prisoners being new slaves in his 2013 song:

I know that we the new slaves...

Meanwhile the DEA, teamed up with the CCA

They tryina lock n---s up, they tryna make new slaves

See that's the privately owned prison, get your piece today

They prolly all in the Hamptons, braggin 'bout what they made

Today, there are more African-American adults in prison than were slaves in

1850, before the Civil War.

The CCA (the Corrections Corporation of America) and other prison

companies make billions of dollars every year thanks to two things: prisons

for undocumented immigrants and over-incarceration of blacks and

Hispanics. The US has the highest incarceration rate of any country in the

world, with over 2.3 million men and women living behind bars. Our prison

population grew by 700% between 1970 and 2005, even though crime has

been going down.

Over-incarceration especially hurts blacks and Hispanics. 1 in 3 Black men

born today can expect to serve time behind bars. Black criminals are

quickly becoming the lowest level of a new American caste system.

In the past twenty years, rising use of immigration detention has also

become a major profit center for CCA. In 2011, nearly 430,000 immigrants

were in ICEcustody. The U.S. government now spends more on immigration

enforcement than it does on the FBI, DEA, Secret Service, U.S. Marshals,

and ATFcombined. A lot of this money goes to CCA.

In the immigration context, people who cross the border from Mexico to

work here are not called "job seekers" they are "illegals." Like the word

"criminal," the term illegals helps prisons get more power by making

people want to keep them in prisons.

incarceration=

imprisoning, keeping in

prison

ICE= Immigration and

Customs Enforcement

DEA = Drug Enforcement

Agency

ATF = Alcohol, Tobacco,

and Firearms


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Comprehension Questions:

1.

Who does Kanye say are the new slaves? __________________________________

2.

How many prisoners are there in the US? _________________________________________

3.

Which country has the highest percentage of its population in jail?

a.

China

b.

North Korea

c.

United States

d.

Mexico

4.

How many undocumented immigrants (illegals) were kept in immigration detention in 2011?

_______________________________________

Answer the following questions in complete sentences.

5.

What in the article did you already know? ____________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

6.

What in the article surprised you? __________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

7.

Do you agree with Kanye that prisoners are the new slaves? Why or why not? ______________

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________


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World History Homework #3Level II

Instructions:





Kanye West rapped about prisoners being new slaves in his 2013 song:





Today, there are more African-American adults in prison than were slaves in

1850, before the Civil War. The US has more people in prison than any

country in the world, with over 2.3 million men and women living behind

bars.

The CCA (the Corrections Corporation of America) is a prison company.

They and other prison companies make billions of dollars every year thanks

to two things:

-

prisons for immigrants without papers

-

many blacks and Hispanics in jail

Most prisoners are black or Hispanic. 1 in 3 Black men born today will go to

jail. Because they are criminals, the government can take their rights

without people thinking its racist.

Immigration prisons also make a lot of money for CCA. In 2011, nearly

430,000 immigrants were in immigration prisons. A lot of the money the US

spends on immigration prisons goes to CCA.

People who cross the border from Mexico to work here are called "illegals."Like the word "criminal," the term illegals helps prisons get more power

by making people want to keep immigrants without papers in prisons.


Agency

CCA = Corrections

Corporation of America

(a company that owns a

lot of prisons)


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1.


2.


3.

Which country has the highest percentage of its population in jail?

a.

China

b.

North Korea

c.

United States

d.

Mexico

4.

How many undocumented immigrants (illegals) were kept in immigration prisons in 2011?

_______________________________________


5.

What in the article did you already know? ____________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

6.

What in the article surprised you? __________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

7.

Do you agree with Kanye that prisoners are the new slaves? Why or why not? ______________

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________


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World History Homework #3Level I

Instructions:





Kanye West said in a rap that prisoners are the new slaves:





Is Kanye West right?

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The US has more people in prison than any country in the world

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Over 2.3 million people are in prison in the US

-

Some companies (like CCA) make billions of dollars from prisons

-

Most prisoners are black or Hispanic.

-

In 2011, 430,000 immigrants were in immigration prisons.


Agency

CCA = Corrections

Corporation of America

(a company that owns alot of prisons)


1.


2.


3.

Which country has the most people in prison?

a.

China

b.

North Korea

c.

United States

d.

Mexico


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4.

How many immigrants were in immigration prisons in 2011?

_______________________________________


5.

What in the article did you already know?

I already knew that ______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

6.

What in the article surprisedyou?

I was surprised that ______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

7.

Do you agree with Kanye that prisoners are the new slaves? Why or why not? (Finish one

sentence)

I agree that prisoners are the new slaves because _____________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

I dontthink prisoners are the new slaves because _____________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

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