Alice Goffman: How were priming some kids for college and others for prison

In the United States, two institutions guide teenagers on the journey to adulthood: college and prison. Sociologist Alice Goffman spent six years in a troubled Philadelphia neighborhood and saw firsthand how teenagers of AfricanAmerican and Latino backgrounds are funneled down the path to prison sometimes starting with relatively minor infractions. In an impassioned talk she asks, Why are we offering only handcuffs and jail time TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances fr