james donalds 'political philosophy'

[jamesd at echeque.com]

On 2020-10-22 11:41, John Newman wrote:
>> The majority of blacks favor laws on crack cocaine that clearly have,
>> and are clearly intended to have, disparate impact, and native Americans
>> support laws on alcohol that are barely wearing a fig leaf to disguise
>> their racial character.

> Do you have anything to back up either of those statements?

The laws on crack cocaine were a reluctant response to black demand.
Politicians would have preferred to avoid the embarrassment.

The laws on alcohol for Indian communities were similarly a response to
native American demand.  Again, all the white folks would have preferred
to be politically correct and pretend that there was no specifically
Indian alcohol problem.

These laws are a huge embarrassment, a reluctant accommodation to
forceful community demand.