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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?
John Lockwood Well, one of the answers given in the book is that black people should stop selling and using drugs, just as white people should. The point is that th…moreWell, one of the answers given in the book is that black people should stop selling and using drugs, just as white people should. The point is that they do it in the same amounts, and black people (especially young ones), are prone to making the same dumb mistakes as white people (especially young ones).

Serious counter-question. If you recognize (in the first part of your question), that blacks (and minorities in general) are "disproportionately charged", which means an injustice is being perpetrated, why do you blame the victims of the injustice rather changing the minds and the hearts of the perpetrators?(less)
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The New Jim Crow
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