Summary

In Chapter 9, Acho addresses injustices in America’s legal and political systems. He begins by recalling a time when he voted in an election, and he cast his vote in an affluent, predominantly white neighborhood. The process was fast and convenient. During a later election, he voted in a less affluent, predominantly non-white neighborhood, and the process was very arduous and time-consuming. This is an example of voter suppression, which is still a rampant problem in America, and it almost exclusively affects non-white Americans. Additionally, the criminal justice system targets and sentences non-white Americans far more harshly than white Americans. Acho gives a brief overview of America’s history of voter suppression against non-white Americans, as well as its history of rigging criminal juries against non-white Americans. Both of these dynamics persist in various forms in the present day. Acho lists several major tactics...