[Ancesthntr]

“Serving 20-25 years on a drug rap while people who take a human life routinely serve 7 makes no sense.”

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It isn’t just that it makes no sense, but the fundamental injustice of that - and that the black community is FAR more affected by that than any other ethnic group, thanks to the ‘94 Crime Bill - is noticed, trust me. Minority groups are extremely sensitive to that kind of differential treatment - I am Jewish, and we notice things like that all of the time; it is part and parcel of being in a minority (and, of course, in this country the experiences of the black community over time and at present are FAR worse on balance than that of Jews - so they are likely to be extremely sensitive to issues like this).

[Buckeye McFrog]

Thanks for your perspective and your input.

We are seeing very encouraging signs of an awakening amongst our minority populations. Slowly they are rubbing their eyes and starting to walk off the plantation.

This is a process and it is going to take time. They are not going to sound like a 2009 Tea Party rally overnight.

Going pedal-to-the-metal to press them for ideological orthodoxy would be a HUGE mistake IMHO.