#systematic inequality

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A big reason behind the ideas of the ‘ghetto’ come from this disgusting practice of legal segregation that was never truly addressed or fixed. The effects of these actions are still felt today in inner city communities that are often too poor to improve their neighborhoods and schools. Housing inequality is a main factor behind what schools a kid goes to and how rich that school is, and that ultimately decides what college they get into and what profession they practice. The wealth gap is not some ‘per chance’ thing. The wealth gap was calculated, and intentional. Politicians, both liberal and conservative did not want blacks and POC having the same opportunities as their white counterparts. They created systemic racism, and systematic oppression. Laws and ideas that have been slightly altered, but truly never changed or abolished. We never lost the jim crow laws, we simply changed what they looked like. Police violence is directly tied to housing and wealth inequality. Health care and insurance is tied to housing and wealth inequality. Public school and colleges are tied directly to housing and wealth inequality. This country was built on racism, and prejudice. And instead of teaching that and fixing it, instead we hide it and pretend we’ve grown and risen above it, when in fact we have not. 

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Systematic Racism - A breakdown to understanding

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