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There are about 10x as many African Americans now as there were then, and the vast majority at the time were slaves.
by 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 agoI 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.