Thinking Clearly

There Is Only One Real Way to Prevent Future Fergusons: End the War on Drugs

 By John McWhorter - The New Republic

... "So, what will really make a difference? Really, only a continued pullback on the War on Drugs. Much of what creates the poisonous, vicious-cycle relationship between young black men and the police is that the War on Drugs brings cops into black neighborhoods to patrol for drug possession and sale. Without that policy—which would include that no one could make a living selling drugs—the entire structure supporting the notion of young black men as criminals would fall apart."...