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How did this become an issue with discrimination? My point is that the legacy of slavery could be a contributing factor, but if you keep dueling on that you mis
by soheil 4y ago
How did this become an issue with discrimination? My point is that the legacy of slavery could be a contributing factor, but if you keep dueling on that you miss many other insane factors that are very much at play at this very moment.
The state of prisons in the US is abhorrent and not what one would expect from a modern democratic nation, which coincidentally also claims to be the champion of freedom.
- acdha 4y agoSee my original comment: the 13th amendment allows involuntary servitude as a legal penalty. The problem with that is when the entire legal system has a particular bias, it's really easy to start rounding up low-status people for dubious or minor offenses when a fellow high-status peer needs cheap labor.