Re: [Pen-l] race & imperialism [was: Obama and the Cult of Personality

[Carrol Cox <cbcox@xxxxxxxxx>]

Michael Smith wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 21 Jan 2009 18:46:30 -0800
> raghu <mraghu01@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > I don't think there is a single overtly racist law on the books any
> > more in the US or in any of the developed world.
> 
> Do you include Israel in this observation?

I forget the details now, and which is which, but there is a difference
in sentencing for crack and for cocaine, and also a difference between
state & federal penalties, and the combination amounts to a racist law,
and is so used to give black drug dealers extra long sentences.

This is sloppy; it's been several years since I read up on it.

But in any case, structural racism is still a major feature of u.s.
society.

Carrol

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