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Sir Okie Doke's avatar

Seems that drug laws which hold people to account, are, in fact, applied to Blacks possessing marijuana with less deliberation, more alacrity, than obstructionist and seditious laws are applied to that political equivalent of fentanyl, specifically the almost-White GOP aka the GOF (Grand Old Fascists).

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Thom Linden's avatar

Absolutely. Racism was a major motivation for the Reagan Southern Strategy and the 'War on Drugs'. These are some factual underpinnings for Critical Race Theory in describing systemic racism and consequences.

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Norm Conrad's avatar

The Nixon team's Southern Strategy and their War on Drugs predated Reagan's run for the WH.

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Thom Linden's avatar

Fair. Goldwater had an early version called 'Operation Dixie' (and he engaged the KKK). Nixon played a more subtle strategy with the silent majority, law&order, and benign neglect which provided sufficient dog whistles for the south. Regan expanded the call with 'southern white womenhood' which brought in the white women.

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