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The Constitutional Root of Racism
Miah, Malik
http://solidarity-us.org/atc/197/root-of-racism/Date Written: 2018-11-01 Publisher: Against the Current Year Published: 2018 Resource Type: Article Cx Number: CX23416 A look at how the US Constitution enables racism by affording power to the states. Abstract: -- Excerpt: The source of institutional racism is rooted in the U.S. Constitution itself. It is easy to argue that I'm being ahistorical. Look at the progress, even with the zigs and zags. Aren't African Americans better off, even if their net wealth is only a fraction of white people's? Let’s look at how institutional racism was consciously incorporated in the language of the Constitution. Subject Headings |