The Racist Roots of America’s Incarceration and Immigration Laws
Factually! with Adam Conover
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After Slavery Was Not This Simple Thing, Right?
The US occupation of California and the American West begins in 1850. It's the first priority to seize political and territorial control from local indigenous and Mexican populations. And what happens is a campaign of genocide, where vigilantes and militant troops deliver heads to local courthouses. That genocide is really the bedrock of California history.
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