tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8503569476724915921.post7536824007825225318..comments2023-04-12T06:24:00.587-07:00Comments on The Civil Rights Movement : Civil Rights and the Criminal Justice SystemUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8503569476724915921.post-8723034386359476892013-03-08T12:45:53.709-08:002013-03-08T12:45:53.709-08:00I agree with you all on the fact that the laws on ...I agree with you all on the fact that the laws on crack cocaine are created in order to provide prison cells with Blacks as a labor force and source of income. Something to think about is the fact that it is not simply the law that leads to the injustice but the unequal practice of targeting Blacks in low-income neighborhoods. The police force's common practice is stopping people who look "suspicious" searching them unfairly which causes thus causes a continued cycle of Black incarceration. The legal system is intentionally discriminatory and repressive on every level from the creation of the laws to the enforcement of the laws.Jaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12396446606914454757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8503569476724915921.post-21136914756102739152013-03-06T16:59:03.279-08:002013-03-06T16:59:03.279-08:00Kate, this post is so great. I am infuriated by la...Kate, this post is so great. I am infuriated by laws such as the one you mentioned. By implementing laws like this one, as well as others that are linked, in one way or another, to socioeconomic status, the law is able to continue racism legally. This makes it difficult, to say the least, to end discrimination. The most frustrating aspect of this is the fact that the law is instigating, or, rather, contenting, this ideology. Shouldn't the law protect people instead of hurt? I like to believe that one day our society will overcome this, but statistics that prove laws sanctioning legal racism make it difficult to have faith in that. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04112072461071634536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8503569476724915921.post-79020261275402819272013-03-06T10:27:01.792-08:002013-03-06T10:27:01.792-08:00Great post, Kate. I absolutely agree that this and...Great post, Kate. I absolutely agree that this and other similar laws allow for legally sanctioned racism. Like you said, this law directly targets the lower economic classes, which, as we know, are comprised mostly of minorities. More specifically, it seems to me that this law is state-sponsored racial profiling. If the state is aware of the implied economic discrepancies in the sentencing of possession of 500 grams of powder cocaine and 5 grams of crack cocaine, which I’d bet they are, this law may be a way to allow law enforcement officials to target specific groups of people based on neighborhood and socioeconomic status. The implicit bias in the law is just astounding to me, and I applaud the NAACP for bringing its racial disparities to light. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02659264190628294966noreply@blogger.com