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[https://www.vox.com/2015/7/8/8911573/racism-slavery-mass-incarceration by German Lopez 8/7/15 Vox] | [https://www.vox.com/2015/7/8/8911573/racism-slavery-mass-incarceration by German Lopez 8/7/15 Vox] | ||
America has a long history of systemic racism: From the dehumanization of black people to justify slavery to the policies of segregation and mass incarceration that followed emancipation, the country has always made it difficult for many minorities to rise out of their literal and figurative shackles. | America has a long history of systemic racism: From the dehumanization of black people to justify slavery to the policies of segregation and mass incarceration that followed emancipation, the country has always made it difficult for many minorities to rise out of their literal and figurative shackles. | ||
=====This is how systemic racism is hampering progress around the world===== | |||
[https://www.weforum.org/stories/2020/09/systemic-racism-economic-progress/ by WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM 16/9/20] | |||
George Floyd. Breonna Taylor. Ahmaud Arbery. Three Black Americans killed in acts that reminded the world that systemic racism is still very real in the United States. The early summer protests that followed, though sparked by those deaths, were manifestations of deeper anger and despair at the racism that has plagued the country since its founding. | |||
