Alcohol is a Tool of Systemic Oppression

Lurking behind underfunded education, peering through rows of income inequality and over-policing, is alcohol.

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Before a community can have a high density of alcohol outlets, those seeking liquor licenses must be awarded them from their state or local municipality, most commonly some sort of Alcohol Beverage Control board. Communities with high densities of alcohol outlets are the result of…