The systemic racism in the US is holding back Black Americans. An American civil rights group says household income for Black people in US is 37% lower than white people and that, Black people only get 73.9% of what white people enjoy in US Why this racism and its various forms, income in particular, still persist in the US?
In this edition, SPOTLIGHT looks at why it is difficult for the people of color to overcome systemic racism and bias in the U.S. in interview with Gerald Horne professor of history and African-American studies at University of Houston from Houston of Texas and Joseph Richardson professor of African-American studies and anthropology at University of Maryland from Laurel of Maryland.