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Today we examine the true depths and dangers of systemic racism. From the first slave ship to arrive in America to now, we look at the hidden layers of oppression in today's society. This is the comprehensive guide to racism in America - so if you're interested, dive right in. We talk about the problems and a possible solution. I hope you you enjoy this episode of Life in Babylon.


Links:

Quotes/Main Ideas:

https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2019/09/us-median-household-income-up-in-2018-from-2017.html


https://www.statista.com/statistics/203295/median-income-of-black-households-in-the-us/


https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2019/09/us-median-household-income-up-in-2018-from-2017.html


https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-african-slave-ship-arrives-jamestown-colony


https://www.history.com/news/slavery-profitable-southern-economy


https://www.britannica.com/event/Industrial-Revolution


https://www.eisenhowerlibrary.gov/research/online-documents/civil-rights-act-1957#:~:text=In%201957%2C%20President%20Eisenhower%20sent,proposal%20for%20civil%20rights%20legislation.&text=The%20new%20act%20established%20the,with%20the%20right%20to%20vote


https://www.prisonpolicy.org/graphs/raceinc.html


https://theconversation.com/exploiting-black-labor-after-the-abolition-of-slavery-72482


https://prospect.org/civil-rights/government-created-housing-segregation.-government-can-end-it./


https://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/indicator_cgc.asp#:~:text=In%20fall%202017%2C%20about%205.7,of%20Two%20or%20more%20races.


https://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/indicator_cgc.asp#:~:text=In%20fall%202017%2C%20about%205.7,of%20Two%20or%20more%20races.

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Police-Brutality-in-the-United-States-2064580/Antibrutality-campaigns


General Readings:

https://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/041515/what-history-corporations-america.asp#:~:text=The%20First%20Corporations,in%201813.


https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1860/population/1860a-02.pdf


https://www.history.com/topics/industrial-revolution/industrial-revolution


https://www.history.com/news/5-myths-about-slavery






https://www.history.com/news/transatlantic-slave-first-ships-details


https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/fourteenth-amendment


https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/fifteenth-amendment


https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/black-codes


https://www.brookings.edu/articles/black-progress-how-far-weve-come-and-how-far-we-have-to-go/


https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89051115


https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/plessy-v-ferguson#:~:text=Plessy%20v.,%E2%80%9Cseparate%20but%20equal%E2%80%9D%20doctrine.


https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/brown-v-board-of-education-of-topeka


https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/civil-rights-movement#:~:text=The%20civil%20rights%20movement%20was%20an%20organized%20effort%20by%20black,laws%20to%20...read%20more


https://www.prisonpolicy.org/graphs/raceinc.html


https://www.cga.ct.gov/2003/olrdata/jud/rpt/2003-r-0333.htm


https://www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/money.html


https://www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/DetainingThePoor.pdf


https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/race/reports/2018/06/05/451647/mass-incarceration-stress-black-infant-mortality/


https://prospect.org/civil-rights/government-created-housing-segregation.-government-can-end-it./


https://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/indicator_cgc.asp#:~:text=In%20fall%202017%2C%20about%205.7,of%20Two%20or%20more%20races.


","author_name":"Alexander Michael"}