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Old 09-01-2019, 02:14 PM
Hobbes Hobbes is offline
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Originally Posted by Chicks View Post
Harry Anslinger conflated drug use, race, and music to criminalize non-whiteness and create a prison-industrial complex

https://timeline.com/harry-anslinger...x-fb5cbc281189

Donny's playbook, too. Nothing has changed, sadly.
This brings to mind an entry from The Onion’s “Timeline of Marijuana Legalization”:

1969: President Nixon urges strong anti-marijuana legislation as part of his signature “War on Blacks” initiative.

https://www.theonion.com/a-timeline-...ion-1819592572

Funny because it’s true?
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