bare-life:

Before you talk about how long ago slavery was, just remember that there are towns across America where black prisoners work on plantations. Where black prisoners count for the census so those cities get more federal funding. These black prisoners can’t vote but their bodies are counted as political capital. This aint too different from the 3/5 rule.

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Tue, Nov 4th 2014 at 22 PM