onstitution) was and still is based on institutionalized segregation and racism. The "Plantation system" mentality still permeates through every fabric of society as if we lived in city-state Athens in 500 B.C.E., where the "citizens" have access to ALL rights and privileges warranted to them; the "metics" are given limited access, and the "slaves" have no rights or say what so ever within the "Democratic" society. So it comes as no surprise that today, the ancestors of slaves, both indigenous and expatriate, see, feel and live a reality that systematically and innately excludes them from the full benefits of the system. Even with such "progressive" statues as Brown-vs-Topeka, racial segregation still exists and not only in schools, employment, neighborhoods, politics and every aspect of life....
