[QUOTE=Comcastic;44465661]Yeah, because that wasn't a joke, at all. Explain to me how white people have advantages socially and economically. Without saying "WELL THIS ONE STUDY DONE ON A SMALL AMOUNT OF PEOPLE SAYS EMPLOYERS MIGHT NOT HIRE YOU BECAUSE OF HOW YOUR NAME SOUNDS, AND ONLY BASED ON THE SOUND OF YOUR NAME".[/QUOTE]
Crack cocaine is a really strong example of how black communities were really hurt by the law.
[URL]https://www.aclu.org/fair-sentencing-act[/URL]
Both crack cocaine and powder cocaine are pretty much the exact same drug, just different forms of cocaine.
The main difference between the two drugs are how they are punished in the law.
From the 1980s to 2010 there was disparity in the sentencing severity of 100:1 between crack and powder cocaine.
After 2010 the disparity was lowered to 18:1, still a huge disparity for two forms of the same drug.
Crack cocaine was predominately used in black communities and powder cocaine in white and latino communities. This disparity in sentencing has been negatively affecting black communities and people for quite a long time.
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