Report Nixon Aide Says War On Drugs Targeted Blacks Hippies Cnn One of richard nixon’s top advisers and a key figure in the watergate scandal said the war on drugs was created as a political tool to fight blacks and hippies, according to a 22 year old. Did we know we were lying about the drugs? of course we did.” president nixon’s creation of a war on drugs to criminalize black people amplified the presumption of guilt assigned to black people since slavery and entrenched the racialization of criminality that began in earnest with lynching.
Report Nixon Aide Says War On Drugs Targeted Blacks Hippies Cnn Nixon criminalized drugs like marijuana, which many believe brought harmful stereotypes to the hippie or anti war left population. additionally, nixon’s harsh punishment for drugs like heroin and crack cocaine crippled the black community in the 70s and created stereotypes and harsh jail sentences for black people. You understand what i’m saying. we knew we couldn’t make it illegal to be either against the war or black, but by getting the public to associate the hippies with marijuana and blacks with heroin, and then criminalizing both heavily, we could disrupt those communities. Fifty years ago this summer, president richard nixon declared a war on drugs. decades later harsh penalties continue to feed a prison industrial complex that has millions of mostly black and brown. You understand what i’m saying? we knew we couldn’t make it illegal to be either against the war or black, but by getting the public to associate the hippies with marijuana and blacks with heroin, and then criminalizing both heavily, we could disrupt those communities.
Report Nixon Aide Says War On Drugs Targeted Blacks Hippies Cnn Fifty years ago this summer, president richard nixon declared a war on drugs. decades later harsh penalties continue to feed a prison industrial complex that has millions of mostly black and brown. You understand what i’m saying? we knew we couldn’t make it illegal to be either against the war or black, but by getting the public to associate the hippies with marijuana and blacks with heroin, and then criminalizing both heavily, we could disrupt those communities. John ehrlichman, who had advised nixon on domestic policy, told the journalist dan baum that the drugs war was an excuse to target “the anti war left and black people”, mr baum writes, in a. Washington (cnn)one of richard nixon's top advisers and a key figure in the watergate scandal said the war on drugs was created as a political tool to fight blacks and hippies, according to a 22 year old interview recently published in harper's magazine.
How The War On Drugs Was Used To Fight Blacks And Hippies Cnn Video John ehrlichman, who had advised nixon on domestic policy, told the journalist dan baum that the drugs war was an excuse to target “the anti war left and black people”, mr baum writes, in a. Washington (cnn)one of richard nixon's top advisers and a key figure in the watergate scandal said the war on drugs was created as a political tool to fight blacks and hippies, according to a 22 year old interview recently published in harper's magazine.
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