Marion Barry's son dies of an overdose

[BronxBoy]

52. But the poster didn't say drug culture.....

He said certain "cultures" and "segments of society". I know what drug culture means and growing up in the South Bronx as a kid and living in Washington Heights during the cocaine epidemic of the late 80s and the 90s, I know what the drug culture is all too well.

But I also know what racist dog whistles sound like. People of color have always have to deal with the pejorative terms heaped upon them by the larger society....."Underclass", "Those People" "That Segment of Society" Those racial denigrations have a long history in this country and that post smelled like that crap. I explained to the poster how people of color might perceive the post as exactly that and instead of clarifying their position they got all indignant.

So fuck em......