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Actually, black people use drugs at slightly lower rates than whites. This is common knowledge or should be. Here's 3 of the top 6 google links for "illicit dru
by mnm1 6y ago
Actually, black people use drugs at slightly lower rates than whites. This is common knowledge or should be. Here's 3 of the top 6 google links for "illicit drug use by race":
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2377408/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2377408/
https://www.hamiltonproject.org/charts/rates_of_drug_use_and_sales_by_race_rates_of_drug_related_criminal_justice https://www.hamiltonproject.org/charts/rates_of_drug_use_and...
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047235217301277 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S004723521...
- alfalfasprout 6y agoWe're talking about violent crime... drug prosecutions and other nonviolent crime are notorious for selective enforcement. A bullet fired, a body, etc. are much harder to hide.
- vmception 6y agoand my immediate reply to you was that its not about violent crime It doesn't exist in isolation There is no “culture that commits violent crime” There is a marginalized population from overpolicing for nonviolent crimes It cascades It can be fixed by acknowledging this component
- mnm1 6y agoNo. We're definitely not. From the parent post: > It has to do with nonviolent infractions that marginalize people to begin with. Being actually caught with illicit substances , or caught for the unpaid ticket. > These things are evenly distributed across society, but when overly targeting minorities it further marginalizes them.