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The Racist Origins of U.S. Law | Origins

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Published July 22, 2024 at 4:00 AM CDT

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Laws are intended to maintain order and promote justice, but what happens when those laws promote and spread discrimination and bigotry?

Today Danielle analyzes the discriminatory history US law, tracing its origins in colonialism and chattel slavery up through the Jim Crow era and today's mass incarceration.