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That's bullshit It's believed Stalin's butcher bill surpassed that of Hitler's.No one knows the true numbers and it's not like the NVKD/KGB was going to provide an accurate account of it either

Yeah, see, it doesn't have to be an official federal policy for racism and oppression to happen.
The US gov't isn't deciding on your home loan or working the leasing office.
The US gov't isn't hiring and then rejecting a higher % of resumes based on certain last names.
The US gov't isn't arresting you for drug use more often than another race who uses them just as much.


Stop pretending you're being honest here.  It's gross.

And what does that prove? All is says to me is that more people are breaking the law. As long as those laws are equally enforced, what is the problem?

If you have evidence that the laws are not equally enforced, please show it. But simply throwing meaningless statistics out does not prove anything.

Gotta know your history

And what does that prove? All is says to me is that more people are breaking the law. As long as those laws are equally enforced, what is the problem?

If you have evidence that the laws are not equally enforced, please show it. But simply throwing meaningless statistics out does not prove anything.

The overwhelming increase in incarceration, attributed to the drug war, has disproportionately impacted Black communities. In 2011, Blacks were incarcerated at a dramatically higher rate than Whites (5–7 times) and accounted for almost half of all prisoners incarcerated with a sentence of more than one year for a drug-related offense (Carson and Sabol 2012). Accordingly, researchers and policy analysts have sought to understand both the causes and effects of the nation’s war on drugs and its implications for racial equality (Ghandoosh 2015; Travis, Western, & Redburn 2014; Alexander, 2012; Drucker 2013; Mauer 2006). They have explored racial bias in the criminal justice system and criminal justice outcomes, including police practices, arrest rates, convictions, sentence lengths, diversionary opportunities, and community supervision; judicial policies and laws such as precedent-setting court cases and mandatory minimum sentences; and media trends and their influence on public opinion. This literature demonstrates greater likelihood of Black involvement in the criminal justice system through policing practices and sentencing policies for drug-related crime, differences in sentencing practices and case processing, and the heightened disadvantage Blacks face once they are removed from their communities, and upon return, as labeled felons and drug offenders.

While a decades-long war on drugs has ravaged Black communities, lately attention has turned to the recent surge in heroin and painkiller use and overdose among Whites, particularly those in suburbs. Local police and state governments are alarmed and are working to address the epidemic as a health issue, reexamining criminal justice policies and the decades-long emphasis on punishment (Seelye 2016). Many are advocating for the return of the rehabilitative role in judicial and correctional efforts as it relates to drug-related offenders (National Institute on Drug Abuse 2014). The Comprehensive and Addiction Recovery Act of 2015 will be considered by Congress to help states address the dramatic increases in prescription opioid and heroin use in the United States through prevention and rehabilitation efforts. The response to the current opioid epidemic, a public health crisis with a “white face,” has been contrasted to the crack epidemic that hit Black communities hard in the 90s and was met with war tactics in affected communities rather than compassion for offenders (Yankah 2016).