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.

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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.

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