Read Michelle Alexander’s introductory excerpt from her book The New Jim Crow and answer the following questions in essay format.

I need help with a Sociology question. All explanations and answers will be used to help me learn.
For this assignment, you will look at a real claim that someone has made regarding an issue they believe is a social problem. Take a close look at their claim and analyze it according to vocabulary and information in our textbook. Your answers must be in essay format.

When necessary, you must reference, define, and cite concepts and vocabulary from the textbook. You must provide in-text citations, as well as two full citations at the end of your assignment. You are only citing two sources—the excerpt reading from Michelle Alexander’s book, The New Jim Crow, and the class textbook by Joel Best.

Write your essay in a separate document and upload that document to the turnitin.com link in the Assignment #1 folder

Word Count: At least 300 words.Overall Assignment Goals:

Evaluate a troubling condition the claimsmaker says is a social problem.

Analyze the claimsmaker’s rhetorical argument in accordance with the criteria of the class textbook (Ch. 2 is especially helpful).

Discuss various aspects of the claimsmaker’s argument in relation to the social problems process.

Practice using American Sociological Association (ASA) citation style.

The claimsmaker:

Michelle Alexander

Instructions

Read Michelle Alexander’s introductory excerpt from her book The New Jim Crow and answer the following questions in essay format.

* The excerpt reading is in the Assignment #1 Folder.