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You did not read the linked article.
And also if you read Michelle Alexander's the new jim crow, you'll realize that even de-jure de-segregation has mostly been circumvented / nullified by drug laws. 1 in 5 black men will spend some time in prison in the US, and slavery is still legal in the US under the guise of drug-based imprisonment.
The article gets more into it, but the material wealth divide was completely unaffected by the civil rights "wins", and poverty is still growing along color lines. I'll post a few of these below:
Ok I still think it's wrong to criticize nonviolent resistance but I appreciate the data and links. It is true that I didn’t read the linked article at first.
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