Much of what creates the poisonous, vicious-cycle relationship between young black men and the police is that the War on Drugs brings cops into black neighborhoods to patrol for drug possession and sale. Without that policy—which would include that no one could make a living selling drugs—the entire structure supporting the notion of young black men as criminals would fall apart. White men with guns would encounter young black men much less often, and meanwhile society would offer young black men less opportunity to drift into embodying the stereotype in the first place. [John McWhorter, National Review]But, Americans already know this, right?
Listen to part of the basis for what Michelle Alexander calls the New Jim Crow at WYNC's On the Media:
Lee Atwater became one of the most complicated and successful Republican political operatives in history by employing a triple threat: spin when you can, change the subject when you can’t, and if all else fails, appeal to the voters’ resentment and fear, usually of African-Americans. In this conversation from 2008, Brooke talks to Stefan Forbes, director of "Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story", about the dark legacy of Atwater’s Southern strategy.Just wow.
Anyone have footage of Molotov throwing protesters or armed protesters in #Ferguson vs #BundyRanch <-No curfew #p2 pic.twitter.com/kAxeqKmBF9
— R.Saddler (@Politics_PR) August 18, 2014
"Document any assault on journalists, be they colleagues, competitors or strangers." #Ferguson pic.twitter.com/uUk7nR4O2j
— Poynter (@Poynter) August 18, 2014
State Sen. @MariaChappelleN: Capt. Ron Johnson 'is being used as a pawn to cover for Gov. Jay Nixon.' -#AMR staff
— Andrea Mitchell (@mitchellreports) August 18, 2014
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