Racism and Policing Are Global Problems. Drug Control is a Vehicle.
Racism and Policing Are Global Problems. Drug Control is a Vehicle.
There is now substantial evidence that the war on drugs has disproportionately targeted Black and Brown communities in the US, resulting in profound racial injustice. For decades, politicians in the US have used fear and misinformation to perpetuate racist stereotypes and link Black and Brown people to drug offences, creating irreparable harm to individuals and communities. Nearly half of the people in US federal prisons serving sentences for drug offences are Black and almost 60 percent are Latino. This doesn’t include those in state prisons and local jails, where the disproportionate impact on communities is even clearer. (Talking Drugs, UK, 04.06.2020)
https://www.talkingdrugs.org/racism-and-policing-are-global-problems-drug-control-is-a-vehicle