SOCI 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Lee Atwater, Crack Cocaine, Anomie
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Have resources to go on other paths. Look for drug use in black & latino neighborhoods not in white neighborhoods. Also goes beyond that in legal codes. Way politics, econ & racial histories collide w/ incarceration & drugs. War on drugs war on communities of color. Reagan improving econ by cutting taxes=blacks getting hurt. Overrepresentation of black people as criminals on media. Makes it easier for them to believe what society says ab them. Bush won election by creating fear on black men. Interacial rape higher with white men raping black women than vice versa. Building a profile for liberals (soft) & conservatives (tough) 3rd felony= mandated to prison for life. More funding for more prisons & more officers on the street. Fbi chief said/criminalized mlk as most liar. Killing head of black panthers (age 21) Afraid of leader that could unite ppl (blacks & native americans) Angela davis as 10 most wanted fugitives list (fbi)
