The article “I’m a criminal and do are you” is about a woman named Michelle Alexander expressing the idea that criminals are looked down upon by people even though those people are also criminals. Allow me to explain in the article she expresses that everyone has committed a crime at least once. Even though they have they look down on people who have been caught. She believes that they think they have the right for the simple fact that they haven’t been caught. I the article she says, “ I am a criminal. Coming to terms with this aspect of my identity has helped me see more clearly – with blinders of – the ways in which I have been encouraged not to feel any connection to “them,” those labeled criminals. I see now that “they” are me and I am them. This sentence expresses the whole article, this sentence even though it doesn’t say it is expressing that it is unfair for them, they did the time so why can’t they get the benefits of the outside world. Like, being able to get a job, being able to vote, etc because if being a criminal was the case no one should have the rights that they do.
I absolutely agree with this article because everyone at least once have committed a crime that they may or may not have gotten away with but we shouldn’t let that define us even after we get out of prison. I strongly believe that everyone should take a look at this article and take a second look on things.
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