SYSTEMIC RACISM IN THE LAND OF THE FREE

The so-called Jim Crow laws enforced racial segregation in the southern United States during the 19th and 20th centuries. You might have thought that their abolishment in the ‘60s would have eradicated structural racism and discrimination in US society, but sadly that’s not the case. As explained in this video, harsh drug laws and the way they’re enforced have seen Blacks disproportionately sent into the prison system - and thereby effectively disempowered, as inmates can have multiple rights removed.