The Drug War - Not So Hidden Racism
by Alejandro Esquino Gomez on Sep 26, 2014 | Views: 296 | Score: 2
| Regular Drug Users | Drug Related Arrests | |
|---|---|---|
| African Americans | 14 | 37 |
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by Alejandro Esquino Gomez on Sep 26, 2014 | Views: 296 | Score: 2
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African Americans are disproportionately incarcerated on drug related charges. Clearly the drug war is an instrument of, at least, institutional racism and perhaps a more sinister explicit racism being acted out by some officers of the law.