Original sentence: Socioeconomic issues perceived by social justice advocates include: an "unequal" educational system, poverty, high crime and incarceration rates, and lack of access to health care.Some people believe that the past history of racism and racial segregration is also behind any opposition to social justice programs.The United States has created one of the most impressive economies without choosing to create the same state structures for the promotion of social justice as Western Europe.There are many social and political reasons for this including: values of self-sufficiency, a conservative electorate, effects of the spoils system, and Federalism
Edited sentence: Socioeconomic problems include: an unequal educational system, poverty, very high crime and incarceration rates and lack of access to health care.There are many social and political reasons for this including: a history of racism and racial segregration, values of self-sufficiency, a conservative electorate, effects of the spoils system and Federalism.While the United States has created one of the most impressive economies, it has not created the same structures for the promotion of social justice as Western Europe