Re:Looking at the experience of black Britons through an Ame...
by varispeed on Friday October 02, 2020 @05:56AM
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I read that Poland has quite draconian drug laws. Such laws are what institutionalised racism is based on in the US - it comes from the premise that people from disadvantaged background will be more likely to be involved in drugs than other groups - this is of course not true, as person living on handouts is just as likely to take drugs as a rich person working in banking sector. It's what law enforcement is being focused on. I believe most western countries have this setup copied from the US and it is being used for oppression of groups that government deems undesirable.
If cops were the "good guys", they would investigate why certain politicians push drug prohibition, who profits from it and why police is being used to support it.
In my country if you are black, you are 6 times more likely to be harassed by law enforcement than if you were white, despite the drug use being at the same level.
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Re:Looking at the experience of black Britons through an Ame...
by jsiepkes on Friday October 02, 2020 @06:10AM
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No one is saying all these countries are without their own problems. What's being said is that their problems are different then the ones in the US. And these problems need to be discussed and addressed in a narrative and setting that suites the country and cultural they are applicable to. Not by applying some US template.
Also...Poland has draconian drug laws, draconian drug laws in the US led to institutionalised racism hence the situation in the US is similar to Poland...c'mon...seriously?
Re:Looking at the experience of black Britons through an Ame...
by varispeed on Friday October 02, 2020 @10:37AM
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I am just saying to Poland is likely oppressing groups of people, just not based on race. They use the same tools, however.
Re:Looking at the experience of black Britons through an Ame...
by snakeboy on Friday October 02, 2020 @06:15AM
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I imagine the statistics are hard to get accurately (a rich person who never gets arrested isn't going to be counted as a drug user unless the study is done via survey), but is it really true that a poor person is just as likely to take drugs as a rich person? Intuitively it doesn't seem quite right, and it's hard to be rich if you are addicted to something truly destructive.
Re:Looking at the experience of black Britons through an Ame...
by varispeed on Friday October 02, 2020 @10:38AM
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Using drugs is natural for intelligent beings. It is similar like saying only poor people listen to music. Everyone does it, but the propaganda is focused on people who governments deem undesirable.