AMST 20100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 29: Deluxe Distribution, Nancy Reagan, Crack Cocaine
Document Summary
Drugs have been a theme in history for a very long time. Drugs and racialized others are often associated with each other. This association has led to other real world issues. Crack cocaine and powder cocaine have a huge difference in sentencing time, but they are virtually the same drug. Crack is viewed as a black person drug and cocaine is viewed as a white person drug. Narcomedia: vast body of cultural texts that have emerged since the start of the war on drugs that relates latinos to the drug trade. There year following the release of scarface is the most important period in the war on drugs. Nancy reagan urges schoolchildren to just say no . A major pressure point for the war on drugs was in south florida in. Despite only being a minor hit, scarface has had tremendous staying power. The film also speaks to the immigration crisis. Controlled 80% of the us cocaine drug trade.
