For all of the interest in pretending that inequalities are a function of will or that structural racism is in the distant past: 12 million people were born in Jim Crow states before Jim Crow ended — and still live there today. Gift link:
ctinsider.comPhilip Bump: How recent is America's past?Things that Americans think of as having long ago were, in fact, within the lifespans of most of us.
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