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Rev. Jesse Jackson on Drugs
Civil Rights Activist
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Advocates for war on drugs
Long before national health care, a war on drugs, dialogue with the Soviet Union and negotiations with the Middle East were popular positions, Reverend Jackson advocated them.
By virtue of Reverend Jackson’s advocacy, South African apartheid and the fight for democracy in Haiti came to the forefront of the national conscience.
Source: Rainbow Push web site, www.rainbowpush.org/founder/
, Dec 25, 2000
Crack vs. powder is black vs. white
If you are caught with five grams of crack cocaine-that’s a five-dollar high-a first-time non violent offense, with no previous arrest record, you will be given a mandatory five year sentence in federal prison. 91% of those caught with a five-dollar
high are young black males. By comparison, to get five years for marijuana possession, you have to have $42,000 worth. For powder cocaine, for five years, you have to have $3,000 worth. For crack, you have to have $29 worth to get five years.
Source: United We Stand America Conference, p.133
, Aug 12, 1995
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