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TASK FORCE TO STUDY THE HISTORY AND LEGACY OF SLAVERY IN MARYLAND (Final Report) 1999/12/31 MdHR 991422 MdHR 991422, Image No: 159 Print image (26K) |
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TASK FORCE TO STUDY THE HISTORY AND LEGACY OF SLAVERY IN MARYLAND (Final Report) 1999/12/31 MdHR 991422 MdHR 991422, Image No: 159 Print image (26K) |
| 150 discrimination, on the one hand, and the disproportionate impact of crime and crime-control on African American communities, on the other. Time and resources did not permit the Task Force to receive expert testimony on possible relationships between patterns of poverty, educational deprivation, slavery, and its legacy of racism and psychological and social dysfunction, on the one hand, with the disproportion impact of crime and crime-control on Marylanders of African American heritage, on the other. Recommendation The Task Force recommends establishment of a commission to research disparate impacts of crime and crime-control with linkages to the history and legacy of slavery in Maryland and to make appropriate recommendations. The Task Force views this as a matter of justice and social urgency. |