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I don't know how you're reaching this conclusion from reading that we imprison more black men than ever and that the numbers are even higher than slavery number

I don't know how you're reaching this conclusion from reading that we imprison more black men than ever and that the numbers are even higher than slavery numbers. More reading on the astonishing and completely demoralising statistics on "missing" black men in society: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/04/20/upshot/missing-black-men.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/04/20/upshot/missin... 13th on Netflix also lays out a persuasive point about free labour in prisons benefiting from racism in arrests means we literally still have slavery.

jrs95 10y ago
There are about 10x as many African Americans now as there were then, and the vast majority at the time were slaves.
- itsjohncena 10y ago
  I feel you, but ultimately I think you're trying to make our still dystopian present easier to swallow, which is understandable. I really like how 13th on Netflix repeated a simple but devastating stat: the US has 5% of the world's population, but it imprisons 25% of the world's prisoners, with 40% of them being black men. With most of those black prisoners doing free labour while having their wealth, power, and freedom stripped due to their imprisonment, it really doesn't feel any different than it's ever been. It's just hidden from the public now.