Aside from individuals who were actually convicted of a crime, the tens of millions of Americans who were arrested but never convicted of a crime did not are no exception to this form of legalized discrimination, just as the constraints applied to convicted criminals are also unfairly applied to them (Alexander 145). When it comes to criminal discrimination, the seriousness of the crime doesn't matter. Public housing policies deny eligibility to people with even minor criminal histories. Since people of color such as African Americans and Hispanics are the primary targets of police in the war on drugs, they are much more likely to be arrested for minor, nonviolent offenses than white people (Alexander 145). Instead of racial discrimination being non-existent in today's society, Michelle Alexander argues that racial discrimination has simply been extended to occur through subliminally discriminatory colorblind practices (Alexander 11). The criminal justice system continues to target racial minorities and deprive them of their basic human rights by allowing legalized discrimination, such as discrimination in public housing, evidenced through the use of racially restrictive covenants in the past and through THE