“But like so many American institutions, debt forgiveness—and the social mobility it ena
“But like so many American institutions, debt forgiveness—and the social mobility it enabled—applied almost exclusively to native-born white men. Nonwhite populations faced land divestment, chattel slavery, and disproportionate incarceration, followed by a subsequent regime of debt peonage and forced labor.” Read the full essay. -- source link
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