I think it is more of an income scale than straight racism. Poor people of any color will always get the full measure of the law, while wealthy people of any color will always get a full measure of ‘understanding.’ A poor black kid with some joints or a poor white kid with a couple tablets of ecstasy will be pounded by the law (and not only get real jail time, by get arrested hard). A rich black kid with heroin or a rich white kid with cocaine will almost always get away with some community service.
Agreed. Probably more of an issue that rich parents — white or black — get their kids off easy for drug charges while poor kids get busted.
Wealthier people smoke pot privately on private property, most of the time their own property. Lower income folks are more likely to smoke at an out door or public place, like a park or apartment complex common space or in a vehicle.
Rich white kids, who are stupid enough to smoke at a public park, do get arrested.