Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 11 hours agoWe all know crack was introduced primarily to black neighbor hoods. Why them? Why not people in the Appalachians? Or in Asian neighbor hoods all over the west coast?message-squaremessage-square36linkfedilinkarrow-up153arrow-down13
arrow-up150arrow-down1message-squareWe all know crack was introduced primarily to black neighbor hoods. Why them? Why not people in the Appalachians? Or in Asian neighbor hoods all over the west coast?Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 11 hours agomessage-square36linkfedilink
minus-squarevillage604@adultswim.fanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-25 hours agoIt’s so they can make them felons so they can’t vote. They considered black people to be animals, not people. That’s exactly the reason why cocaine was made illegal, because it’s not a felony to be black. It’s also the reason marijuana is schedule 1. Can’t throw hippies in prison just for being hippies.
It’s so they can make them felons so they can’t vote. They considered black people to be animals, not people.
That’s exactly the reason why cocaine was made illegal, because it’s not a felony to be black.
It’s also the reason marijuana is schedule 1. Can’t throw hippies in prison just for being hippies.