5 ms·
Maybe because part of the evolutionary change in policy comes from white people complaining, an act that's futile when done by minorities in this country?
by joesmo 11y ago
Maybe because part of the evolutionary change in policy comes from white people complaining, an act that's futile when done by minorities in this country?
- mc32 11y agoPeople including whites, hippies, etc. had been complaining since at least the 70s. We bad similar policies in white countries, we still have them in Asian countries and African countries. Just because you see coincidence does not indicate cause.
- striking 11y agoIt's such a common fallacy that there's even a Wikipedia article about it! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Correlation_does_not_imply_causation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Correlation_does_not_imply_cau... I agree. Race has nothing to do with this.
- task_queue 11y agoA small subset complained, but the majority voted for politicians who were vocal about their intentions to implement harsh laws that would impact the poor and racial minorities. They also voted for judges and DAs who voiced their intention to uphold a zero tolerance policy. They've done this consistently for decades.
- __jal 11y agoThis. This is very close to the cliched observation that the best way to get rid of a law is to enforce it strictly.
- GVIrish 11y agoThat may be one component, but I think it's more that the idea of 'treatment instead of punishment' has gotten more widespread in recent years. That and the fact that the drug war has been waged for over 40 years now and it hasn't really reduced usage. I think minority complaints about certain issues did fall on deaf ears in the past (police brutality being chief among these) but America is a different, more tolerant place now that it was in the early 80's.