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Serious question: If blacks (and minorities in general) are disproportionately charged for drug offenses, why don't they stop using/selling drugs?
Stephen Why didn't Italians, Irish, Poles, and Jews stop selling alcohol in the 1920s and 30s? They did--after Prohibition was repealed, and the black-market …moreWhy didn't Italians, Irish, Poles, and Jews stop selling alcohol in the 1920s and 30s? They did--after Prohibition was repealed, and the black-market profits disappeared.(less)
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The New Jim Crow
by Michelle Alexander
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