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Originally Posted by Elephant Walk
Now you're defending racism? Excellent. The law also spoke on Jim Crow and so forth for awhile.
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Originally Posted by Elephant Walk
Drugs have become illegal because of racism and prejudice. Opium was associated with the "dangerous" Chinese immigrants. Marijuana with the Mexicans. The first laws against Marijuana in the United States (there were many laws FOR marijuana up to then) was in 1910 in Utah (I believe) in fear of the Mexicans. Cocaine was associated with the black subcultures, more specifically the Jazz scene which caused them to be illegal. Mushrooms, Acid, etc were out of fear for the hippies and the possibility of an oncoming revolution. It's not until much more recently have we began trying to protect people...I think the 1970's was the first time you could make a case perhaps
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The complete reasons behind the illegality of drugs are and will always be debatable. What will not always be debatable is the fact that there are illegal substances.
Racism and classism are two of the alleged and evidenced reasons why crack cocaine carries a heavier penality than powder cocaine. Other alleged and evidenced reasons include the mixture of different substances in crack cocaine to make for a cheaper and more potent substance to sell to people of lower SES.
However, claims of racism and classism will not get someone arrested on crack cocaine possession off the hook but rather may get a more comparable sentence to someone arrested on powder cocaine (who is more likely to be able to afford a lawyer). So let's go back to the fact that they're illegal as to not unnecessarily complicate the issue.
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Either way, none of this has anything to do with SEC tiers.
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But it must!
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Coke is prevalent in my chapter as well as many of the Arkansas houses.
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Naughty boys. Sore noses make for lame existences.
But as long as you look and dress the part of an upstanding Southern gentleman in a "top tiered fraternity" from a "top tiered school," everything's okay. Going back to the issues of racism and classism.......