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Jeremiah asked this question about The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness:

Serious question: If blacks (and minorities in general) are disproportionately charged for drug offenses, why don't they stop using/selling drugs?

Jeremiah I think the best answer to this question is found in another book, Hillbilly Elegy which chronicles the hopelessness and despair in another marginaliz…moreI think the best answer to this question is found in another book, Hillbilly Elegy which chronicles the hopelessness and despair in another marginalized group in the US - socially disadvantaged whites in appalachia. The prescription for the problem of the opioid epidemic is applicable to both groups: escape your self-defeating culture and pull yourself up by your own bootstraps. Of course this is unpopular politically but it places the onus for solving issues on the person rather than unproductively falling into the culture of victimhood.(less)

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MACAYLAH L even in todays society you clearly witness a disproportionate amount of policing against people of color yet you still think its as simple as pulling ...more
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