Yes. For the former, I'd recommend chapter three of Thomas Sowell's Black Rednecks & White Liberals, about the history of slavery.[1] For the latter, I'd reco

Yes. For the former, I'd recommend chapter three of Thomas Sowell's Black Rednecks & White Liberals, about the history of slavery.[1] For the latter, I'd recommend Illiberal Reformers, about the Progressive Era and its devotees.[2] Later Progressives were responsible for the school-to-prison pipeline and militarized police.[3] The Progressive Era has a wide array of interesting literature, including the writings of many of its early exponents (since they tended to be writers or academics). [1]https://www.amazon.com/Black-Rednecks-Liberals-Thomas-Sowell/dp/1594031436 https://www.amazon.com/Black-Rednecks-Liberals-Thomas-Sowell... [2] https://www.amazon.com/Illiberal-Reformers-Eugenics-Economics-Progressive/dp/0691175861 https://www.amazon.com/Illiberal-Reformers-Eugenics-Economic... [3]https://reason.com/2017/01/21/no-way-out/ https://reason.com/2017/01/21/no-way-out/