When you hear the word “inequality,” what do you first think of?
When I think about that word, the first thing that comes to mind is slavery. One of the darkest blemishes in US history is the enslavement of African Americans, which ultimately led to the Civil War between the Union and Confederates. And of course, war means loss of lives and one of the shocking truths of the American Civil War is that this war caused the most casualties to American citizens in any war we have participated in.
Continuing my thought process, I think about U.S. history again, but this time it deals with Continue reading