Matthew Desmond Quote
Every condition exists, Martin Luther King Jr. once wrote, simply because someone profits by its existence. This economic exploitation is crystallized in the slum. Exploitation. Now, there’s a word that has been scrubbed out of the poverty debate.
Matthew Desmond
Every condition exists, Martin Luther King Jr. once wrote, simply because someone profits by its existence. This economic exploitation is crystallized in the slum. Exploitation. Now, there’s a word that has been scrubbed out of the poverty debate.
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