More than 6 in 10 Black adults surveyed agreed that institutions such as the criminal justice system, the country’s economic system and policing are designed to hold Black people back.
The war on drugs was admittedly motivated to try and make it illegal to be Black in America, by disrupting their communities with false accusations of drug use.
Also by selective enforcement when people are using drugs reasonably and responsibly. Or unreasonably or irresponsibly, for that matter.
Plus all the public wealth that went to the enforcers of laws that don’t benefit the public and the weapons manufacturers that armed them. And the political power that came with giving them that and letting them keep it.
The war on drugs was admittedly motivated to try and make it illegal to be Black in America, by disrupting their communities with false accusations of drug use.
Also by selective enforcement when people are using drugs reasonably and responsibly. Or unreasonably or irresponsibly, for that matter.
Plus all the public wealth that went to the enforcers of laws that don’t benefit the public and the weapons manufacturers that armed them. And the political power that came with giving them that and letting them keep it.