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Jan 16 '12
“Numerous historians and political scientists have documented that the war on drugs was part of a grand Republican Party strategy known as the “Southern strategy” of using racially coded ‘get-tough’ appeals on issues of crime and welfare to appeal to poor and working-class whites, particularly in the South, who were resentful of, anxious about and threatened by many of the gains of African-Americans in the civil rights movement.”
— Michelle Alexander on President Reagan’s War On Drugs. [complete interview here] (via nprfreshair)

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    I was listening to part of this (~15 minutes..)...the way home tonight. Interesting point...
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