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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?
Signe Thebookiemonster answered this excellently, but just think about any habit you may have that you can't break -- eating junk, smoking, drinking too muc…moreThebookiemonster answered this excellently, but just think about any habit you may have that you can't break -- eating junk, smoking, drinking too much, saying inappropriate things, whatever! It's hard. It's even harder when you're supporting 8 people in your family with the money you earn from your undesirable behaviour/lifestyle, and you have no other skills, or opportunity to learn them. You feel like shit; you feel guilty -- but everyone is eating; you're keeping them alive. It's a real bind. Really, what should people do? The system has made it pretty impossible to get out of the lifestyle. It's a miracle that people do at all, with all the odds stacked against them as they are.(less)
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