Book Other Wes Moore how did segregation continue to affect Wes (the prisoner) even 20 years after it legally ended

The other Wes Moore, the one in prison, suffered from inadequate opportunity living in a neighborhood troubled by gangs. That social environment was an effect of segregation, which, after being abolished, still became ingrained in society by keeping people in quarters based on race. A quote in the book, "the future didn’t have to be its slave" gives a fair observation that atrocities suffered in the past still have repercussions on how people live in the present.