Majority of Black Americans believe U.S. institutions are conspiring against them, poll finds

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Majority of Black Americans believe U.S. institutions are conspiring against them, poll finds
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They are

They don't even try to hide it. It's pretty common knowledge.

The war on drugs was admittedly motivated to try and make it illegal to be Black in America, by disrupting their communities with false accusations of drug use.

Also by selective enforcement when people are using drugs reasonably and responsibly. Or unreasonably or irresponsibly, for that matter.

Plus all the public wealth that went to the enforcers of laws that don't benefit the public and the weapons manufacturers that armed them. And the political power that came with giving them that and letting them keep it.

US Senate: specifically designed to give slave states more power. Still not proportional today, still disempowers Black voters who live in more populous states

Electoral college: specifically designed to give slave states more power. Still in place today, still disenpowers Black voters in more populated areas

Washington DC: no senators, no congress representatives, tons of Black citizens

Qualified Immunity: free pass for police to kill Black people

Felon voting exclusions: more Black people are imprisoned than white people and are barred from voting at all.

That's just from memory. There are so many more, but I'm a white guy so I'm ignorant of most of them.

There is a documented institutional conspiracy against Black people and it's right out there in the open.