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Latent Racism Analysis
America today is many things: advanced, modern, influential - but is it racist? Since the birth of this great nation, racism existed and has continued to live through different mediums. Latent racism seeks to establish racial prejudice and discrimination through subtle forms, even at a subconscious level. Although latent racism is hard to prove, many people have made it their duty to showcase and expose forms of racism that one would not normally jump to. For example, in the article Occupy the Dream: The Mathematics of Racism, the author exposes the true nature of the American prison system, and how the “war on drugs” is just a benign term coined for contemporary racism. By using statistics to back up his claims, the author provides a logical

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