This highlights the systemic issue of unequal access to clean and safe drinking water, which disproportionately affects communities of color. The water crisis in Jackson is a reminder of the importance of investing in infrastructure and ensuring that all communities have access to basic necessities like clean water. The residents of Jackson deserve access to clean and safe drinking water, and it’s crucial that the government takes action to address this crisis. Failure to do so perpetuates systemic inequalities and undermines the basic human right to access clean water.
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Structural Racism: The Impact of Incarceration on Black Infant Mortality
Mass incarceration has been a hot topic in the United States over the last 20 years. Appropriately ebbing and flowing as a major social problem in the criminal justice and public policy realm. What has seemingly escaped the climatic conversation is the perpetual damage of putting so many people in prison.