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Black American More Vulnerable Than Ever
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
22 Aug 2017
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“We are, in essence, a redundant population” that is “no longer an important part of the U.S. political economy,” said Ajamu Baraka, the longtime human rights activist and 2016 Green Party vice presidential candidate. “As a consequence, Baraka told the Black Is Back Coalition, “the main objective now on the part of the state is to engage in a process of control and containment” of Black people. “We are in a more precarious and vulnerable situation than we’ve ever been before in this country.”


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