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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?
Amanda The answer lies in your use of the word "disproportionately" - the problem isn't that they use drugs more than whites, it's that the system that charg…moreThe answer lies in your use of the word "disproportionately" - the problem isn't that they use drugs more than whites, it's that the system that charges them is unfair in a thousand ways.(less)
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Victoria They sell drugs more often than Whites. Distribution is their problem with doing jail time not the use.
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The New Jim Crow
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