Blacks and leftists will concede key points in seemingly unrelated discussions

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[–]ShalomEveryone✡️ 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Here, Shaun King is basically admitting it.

No he's not. How so? All he said is "Black people have been using weed to deal with grief and trauma for generations." He did not mention the rate they use drugs or the percentage of blacks that use drugs. Shaun never mentioned a specific rate that blacks use drugs in comparison to the rate of other ethnic groups that use drugs.

What's fascinating about this is that in a different conversation about the "racist drug war", blacks will fervently deny that blacks take illegal drugs at a higher rate.

What's the rate that blacks use drugs and what's the rate that other ethnic group use drugs? Shaun's facebook post mentioned no rate of drug use. The racial disparity of the war on drugs deals with penalties that blacks and whites receive for being caught with drugs. For example, at the federal level, 5 grams of crack cocaine which is mostly used by poor blacks and hispanics carry a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years. 500 grams of power cocaine which is a drug typically used by whites with money carry a mandatory minimum sentence of 5 years.

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Come on, man. The obvious implication is that weed use has been supposedly forced on blacks because of the alleged trauma they face due to white supremacy. If the black relationship to weed wasn't unique, why would King even make the statement? King is implying that black circumstance leads to marijuana use. Ok, fine, but if that's the reality on the ground, then it's going to manifest in law enforcement interactions with blacks who deal with marijuana.

The penalties for drug offenses might be part of the leftist conception of a "racist drug war", but the usage rates are constantly trotted out as being the SAME between blacks and whites when ARREST rates are discussed. This article/video breaks this down even more: https://www.amren.com/archives/videos/race-and-drug-arrests-another-big-lie/