Marijuana legalization and racism

[gollygee]

I'm in favor of legalization, but this is a very good point. There's this huge injustice at play. People's lives have been being destroyed for 40 years - and people of color more than white people because there's a huge disparity in levels of arrest, and likelihood of conviction, and severity of sentencing based on race, and of course whether you got shot during an encounter with police - every step of the criminal justice system is heavily biased. Do we just pretend this never happened and move on without any acknowledgment of the past?

[olddots]

1. the people that make big money from pot

Will not be lovers of pot ,freedom or equality .

[pipoman]

2. Tell it to my college roommate who did 3 years for 29 grams

And now works in a tire shop..

[gollygee]

3. White men with a criminal record

have an easier time getting a job than black men with no criminal record. You can google it. There's disparity in hiring too.

[Nye Bevan]

4. There should be a general amnesty for all non-violent pot offenders (nt)

[SomethingFishy]

5. +1

While the OP is correct it's certainly no reason to stop the flow of legalization.

[Comrade Grumpy]

6. There are black and brown people trying to get rich in the industry, too.

And lots of white people have been busted for weed, too.

Other than that...