The most racist law

When you think of the most racist American laws, you think of history, of the Black Codes and Jim Crow laws. Institutionalized racism? That's a thing of the past.

This mindset is blissfully naive. If you genuinely believe any of that, then you are living in a dream world.

In 2010, Arizona passed SB 1070. This law may sound like a bunch of random letters and numbers, but – and trust me on this – this is the most racist law in modern America.

SB 1070 gives police officers of the state of Arizona the right to detain any individual who has either a non-white skin tone or an accent, and force them to prove their citizenship. This is a law so horrendous that the Supreme Court has decreed it impossible to enforce, as long-term detainment without just cause is against the US Constitution.

However, short-term confinement is permitted.

And the law does not offer parameters on how these people may be detained. They could be walking down the street, driving a car, in their home, en-route to the hospital – it does not matter.

And if they do not satisfy the officer's demands for proof of citizenship, they can be detained. Indefinitely.

Now, consider this: there is no investigation given, no crime committed. These people are just walking down the street, and can be arrested. It's even possible the same person could be arrested again and again and again by other police officers.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arizona_SB_1070