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Racism is so inherent in US legislation that it was enshrined by our founding fathers in Article 1, Section 2 of the constitution where African American slaves
by KDJohnBrown 6y ago
Racism is so inherent in US legislation that it was enshrined by our founding fathers in Article 1, Section 2 of the constitution where African American slaves were reduced to 3/5th citizenship rights[1].
No need for conspiracy theories when the facts are so readily available.
If you really think that America’s marijuana prohibition had nothing to do with racism, then digest Harry Anslinger’s Wikipedia page[2].
Anslinger was an opportunist lawman who made a name for himself during Prohibition and latched onto America’s racist fears of blacks and latinos to cement his legacy and influence. Ironically his early stance was that prohibiting marijuana was absurd, until alcohol was legalized and he neeeded a new way to grasp onto relevancy.
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-fifths_Compromise?wprov=sfti1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-fifths_Compromise?wprov=...
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_J._Anslinger?wprov=sfti1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_J._Anslinger?wprov=sfti1
- jacob2484 6y agoYou use is (current tense) and cite a section that was removed over 150 years ago. It IS not in the US legislation anymore. US has a racist history, but cite any laws today that are in fact racist. Most recently, California Democracts tried to put in a clearly racist law (Prop 16), but voters thankfully rejected it.
- KDJohnBrown 6y agoSo, did you read my second example and research Harry Ansliger? Cannabis laws were specifically marketed to stoke the fears of white americans.
- happyconcepts 6y agoReefer Madness
- jki275 6y agoAfrican slaves were not citizens and had no rights. There were no “African Americans” prior to the fourteenth amendment. The 3/5 compromise had nothing to do with citizenship rights. It had to do with reducing the representation of the wealthy slave owners of the South in congress with the aim of eventually forcing the end of slavery.