Michelle Alexander Quotes
This View, While Understandable, Given The Sensational Media Coverage Of Crack In The 1980s And 1990s, Is Simply Wrong. While It Is True That The Publicity Surrounding Crack Cocaine Led To A Dramatic Increase In Funding For The Drug War (as Well As To Sentencing Policies That Greatly Exacerbated Racial Disparities In Incarceration Rates), There Is No Truth To The Notion That The War On Drugs Was Launched In Response To Crack Cocaine. President Ronald Reagan Officially Announced The Current Drug War In 1982, Before Crack Became An Issue In The Media Or A Crisis In Poor Black Neighborhoods. A Few Years After The Drug War Was Declared, Crack Began To Spread Rapidly In The Poor Black Neighborhoods Of Los Angeles And Later Emerged In Cities Across The Country.2 The Reagan Administration Hired Staff To Publicize The Emergence Of Crack Cocaine In 1985 As Part Of A Strategic Effort To Build Public And Legislative Support For The War.
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