I really don't have a lot to add here. The prison industrial complex, housing and education inequity, and the racial injustices perpetuated by these systems -- it's awful and must be dismantled with a newer system in its place.
One thing I will add, that I have just recently learned, is the history of the second amendment. Because of the NRA, and the violent response to the Civil Rights Movement, a different interpretation of the language itself was pushed along. The amendment states:
"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."
The first clause was critical in clarifying the meaning of the "right to bear Arms". Linguistic and historical experts have argued that the phrase "bear Arms" in fact refers to bearing arms in the context of a regulated State Militia. This amendment does not limit gun control laws or guarantee individuals the right to own any weapon they want. Instead it guarantees States the sovereignty to form their own Militia with the weapons of their choosing.
However, the NRA pushed forward a limited reading of 2A, one that emphasized the word "people" above all else. The court case DC vs. Heller caused that interpretation to be codified, overturning 220 years of precedent, because the Supreme Court did not understand what an Ablative Absolute clause, as the text's language has roots in Latin.
We have to push for a comprehensive system that brings outdated systems, and language, into the future.
Sources:
https://daily.jstor.org/revisiting-messy-language-second-amendment/
https://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/16/opinion/16freedman.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/27/opinion/john-paul-stevens-repeal-second-amendment.html
I do see the connection here: All of these are designed to keep people of color uneducated and unemployed, to take any power they may achieve with having an education or a job. All of these forms of injustice and discrimination are designed to keep poor people and persons of color, down and powerless.
Agreed, it's really devastating.
One example of politicians leveraging 2A specifically to keep Black folx down was Reagan's attitudes towards guns. While governor, he enacted a gun control law in response to the Black Panther Party member who used firearms to ensure that Black people in Oakland would be able to vote safely. However, while campaigning for president, he ran as "pro-2A" candidate to cater to the NRA and the underlying anti-Black liberation sentiment mentioned in the video.