when people of color are disproportionately labeled as "criminals", this allows the unleashing of a whole range of legal discrimination measures in employment, housing, education, public benefits, voting rights, jury duty, and so on
Holy shit I think I may have to buy this
It was just kind of, yes yes the US is racist this is not news, and then I read this one sentence and what she was getting at started to click, like oh fuck, this is a fundamental and important thing she is saying