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14. Slave labor as well

Sun Mar 8, 2015, 07:11 PM

Mar 2015

This is the new Jim Crow

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DEA Agent: We Were Told Not to Enforce Drug Laws in Rich White Areas [View all] kpete Mar 2015 OP

Everyone who is surprised by this stand on your head... hifiguy Mar 2015 #1

All you would have to do is open your eyes and look around. hobbit709 Mar 2015 #6

America's drug laws exist to imprison minorities so they cant vote NoJusticeNoPeace Mar 2015 #2

Also so there is less competition in the job market brush Mar 2015 #10

Wow! I hadn't heard about that brush Mar 2015 #29

And so some corporation can make $40k a year off of them. CrispyQ Mar 2015 #13

Slave labor as well malaise Mar 2015 #14

I remember upscale parties with lines of coke in the bathrooms Warpy Mar 2015 #5

White people were getting busted. That's why prohibition ended. Major Nikon Mar 2015 #7

Again, more examples of our current plutocracy. Rex Mar 2015 #11

DEA needs to be shut down. hunter Mar 2015 #12

Point, Set and Match. Baitball Blogger Mar 2015 #15

Don't enforce the laws in wealthy white areas?? OldRedneck Mar 2015 #17

No Surprise Here cantbeserious Mar 2015 #18

Liberty and justice for all! moondust Mar 2015 #19

K&R! This post deserves hundreds of recommendations! Enthusiast Mar 2015 #20

in other news, water is wet, sun comes up in east. niyad Mar 2015 #21

The Melanin Tax. n/t Orsino Mar 2015 #22

Anybody noticing a pattern here? Octafish Mar 2015 #23

Generally the higher up the pyramid the less policing there is JonLP24 Mar 2015 #24

When the duct tape Newest Reality Mar 2015 #28

(nice imagery) n/t Alkene Mar 2015 #30

Safeguarding one's own Job becomes Job #1 One_Life_To_Give Mar 2015 #31