Prismattic comments on What truths are actually taboo? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Prismattic 20 April 2013 01:07:45AM *  1 point [-]

As I said, this is not within my area of expertise. However, given that the family-destroying aspect of slavery is much commented upon, and various other evils of Jim Crow are much commented-upon, the fact that I have never encountered complaints about the family-destroying aspect of Jim Crow is sufficient for me to feel moderately confident that the situation was not equivalent on this dimension.

Comment author: sunflowers 23 April 2013 04:53:28PM 0 points [-]

"Jim Crow" is a pretty small part of the story here. "Criminalization of black life" is a better description.