Here is a real head scratcher for you, my loyal reader. Apparently the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) is taking an very hard stand on something that they say has a “devastating impact on African American and Hispanic communities.” What is this travesty? Quite simply they are whining about the sentencing guidelines being unfair between powder and crack cocaine. (I will pause for the laughter)
The problem they have is apparently not that the black and Hispanic community in some areas, have a problem with crack cocaine addiction, it is that there is a 100 to 1 difference in the sentencing guidelines for possession of the drugs. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the sentencing: A person must possess 500 grams of powder cocaine before they are subject to the same mandatory 5-year prison sentence as an individual convicted of possessing just 5 grams of crack cocaine.
Here is the beauty in their “action” item, they use this wording “In the weeks ahead the U.S. Senate will consider a bill to eliminate this glaring—and racially dubious—injustice.” I love that “racially dubious.” Are you kidding me? This is about one of the most retarded complaints I have seen in a long time.
This is absolutely rich, rather than putting forth an action item to combat crack cocaine abuse in the black community through education and information (which has proven to be affective) they are going to complain about how long the jail sentence is? And then to call it racially dubious like the law was passed and only affects blacks and Hispanics. That is ridiculous! The sentencing is just as harsh for White, Asian, or any other racial group that is caught with the drug. That alone negates their argument and portrayal of yet another imaginary racial bias.
Also, I am sure that the sentencing guidelines are purely to pick on the melanin sufficient and has nothing to do with the epidemic usage of crack cocaine in the mid 80’s through the early 90’s, similar to the sentencing guidelines for Meth which are much higher than Marijuana. I will bet they will say that is racially motivated too.
Instead of complaining about the sentencing why don’t you take a real stand and start more education and drug abuse prevention programs in the communities with the highest addiction rates rather than focusing on jail sentences and I will bet you will have a higher success rate by having less addicts and this will not be so much of a “problem” anymore. But then you would have to take personal responsibility rather than pretending to be an undeserved victim. And that might hurt donations.
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