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How unjust social structures help some but harm others

  • Written by Shervin Assari, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Public Health, University of Michigan
Martin Luther King Jr. in Memphis on April 3, 1968, giving the last speech of his life. He addressed social inequalities, discussing the low pay of garbage workers in that city.Charles Kelly/AP File Photo

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