White people can spit out the phrase "drug-infested Black neighborhood" in a single breath. Odd that drug use is actually no higher in Black neighborhoods, and cigarette smoking rates are lower. But never mind - we know better. Except of course that we don't. We do know that police stop, frisk, and jail Black men at a greater rate than we stop, search, arrest, and incarcerate white men. - GWC
Blacks Are Singled Out for Marijuana Arrests, Federal Data Suggests - NYTimes.com: '
by Ian Urbina
WASHINGTON — Black Americans were nearly four times as likely than whites to be arrested on charges of marijuana possession in 2010, even though the two groups used the drug at similar rates, according to new federal data.
This disparity had grown steadily from a decade before, and in some states, including Iowa, Minnesota and Illinois, blacks were around eight times as likely to be arrested.
During the same period, public attitudes toward marijuana softened and a number of states decriminalized its use. But about half of all drug arrests in 2011 were on marijuana-related charges, roughly the same portion as in 2010.
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Blacks Are Singled Out for Marijuana Arrests, Federal Data Suggests - NYTimes.com: '
by Ian Urbina
WASHINGTON — Black Americans were nearly four times as likely than whites to be arrested on charges of marijuana possession in 2010, even though the two groups used the drug at similar rates, according to new federal data.
This disparity had grown steadily from a decade before, and in some states, including Iowa, Minnesota and Illinois, blacks were around eight times as likely to be arrested.
During the same period, public attitudes toward marijuana softened and a number of states decriminalized its use. But about half of all drug arrests in 2011 were on marijuana-related charges, roughly the same portion as in 2010.
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