RBG PhotoStory Mini-Lecture: The Dope Game

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Link to RBGz Comprehensive Drug Education & Discussion Forum: 4 Lessons http://rbgnation.ning.com/forum/topic/show?id=991279%3ATopic%3A24936 Just the Facts RBG : Fact: The more things change the more things stay the same. The War On Drugs is the United Snakes of Amerikkka's way of fully reconstituting slavery. How you ask. Well, quite as it's kept slavery really was never completely abolished: The Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution reads: neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime where of the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction. With its ratification in December 1865, this amendment put an official end to the injustice of slavery as it was then practiced while at the same time paving the way for a new slavery that flourishes to this day; namely, the prison industrial complex (PIC). African Americans constitute about 12% of the American population, and around 13% of drug users, nearly the same number, which is what you'd expect. Additionally, 9.7% of Blacks use drugs, compared to 8.1% for whites, again similar numbers, in line with expectations. So you'd expect that the rates of incarceration for drug possession for Blacks and whites to be similar. But they're not. Blacks make up 35% of those arrested for possession, 55% of those convicted, and 74% of those sentenced. How, exactly, in a fair society, would 13% of drug users make up 74% of those sentenced for drug violations? And how can 35% of arrests make up 74% of inmates? This is nothing but socio-structural and institutionalized racism. In South Africa during Apartheid 851 per 100,000 black males were incarcerated. Currently in the United States, under the banner of the "War on Drugs" 4,919 per 100,000 black males are incarcerated. Nearly 1/3 of black men in their 20s are in prison, on probation or parole. Our institutionalized racism is worse than the worst post-slavery institutionalized racism. More African Americans are in jail now than were enslaved in the 19th century. Learn More about our school's methodology RBGz Student-Teacher Users Guide: A Basic Primer http://rbgnation.ning.com/forum/topic/show?id=991279%3ATopic%3A23121

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