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		breakyerself on May 8, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why People Feel Like Victims Are you not aware of the sentencing disparities between crack and cocain? Also the war on drugs started under the Nixon admin was an intentional effort to target black people and anti-war activists. https://www.businessinsider.com/nixon-adviser-ehrlichman-ant...

nec4b on May 8, 2021 [–]

Could you provide a link to a law that requires harsher sentencing for black people (specific paragraph would be appreciated)? Do you also have statistics on how harsh judges from different races are towards black people when sentencing?

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