Race and Genocide: “A Nation of Laws”   President Barack Obama’s
policies have expanded the the security state and the prison-
industrial complex. (Image source:
http://www.creativitynotcontrol.wordpress.com)  Note: This is
the second article in a two-part series on race and genocide. 
The first article, “How Trayvon Martin’s Murder Became
Deracialized,” can be found here.  By NAVID FARNIA         
Since its inception, the United States’ legal system has
consistently criminalized Black people.  “Fugitive Slave Laws,”
convict lease and Stop and Frisk are but a few examples of how
the law has entrenched Black criminality.  Federal, state and
local laws together established a fundamental racial order that
manifests to this day.   After the fall of slavery, Jim Crow
eventually took form and resurrected white supremacy.  From 1877
to 1964, racial apartheid ruled the land, as the legal system
perpetuated the genocide against Black people.  Mass
incarceration is the modern-day Jim Crow.  As a result, Black
people st