The Mississippi water crisis reeks of systemic racism and longstanding neglect – and it’s deeper than a matter of decades, as the media is reporting. It’s symptomatic of the historical racial reckoning which the US has refused address, despite seeing fit to lecture the rest of the world about human rights issues. August saw historic flooding hit Mississippi, damaging the main water pump in the central water treatment facility in Jackson, leaving around 150,000 residents without access to safe drinking water. Most of those residents are black. They’ve had to content with filthy drinking water f…