Michelle Alexander on "The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness"

Now that we know the attributes of the challenge before us it is possible to redefine the reality around us.

Ascendivism allows us to redirect the effects of an incarceration experience. An ascendivist rises above their incarceration experience to succeed despite that experience after a "transformational moment." As an antidote to recidivism, ascendivism focuses on success.