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6. You have to factor in racism. Many whites are routinely let go with warnings for small amounts...
Fri Feb 16, 2018, 03:06 PM
Feb 2018

while AAs are arrested.

And what about all the meth busts. Those are mostly all whites.

And most large quantity bust aren't AA.

The negative stereotyping that African Americans make up most drug addicts, which your post implies, IMO, should not be perpetrated since we know other influencing factors are involved.

Especially your own statement that AA usage rates are not the same.

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