Question

How did minimum sentencing laws for drugs disproportionately affect marginalized groups?

During the War on Drugs, the mandatory minimum sentencing law for five grams of crack cocaine was the same as for 500 grams of powder cocaine, which disproportionately affected _____ because powder cocaine was typically consumed by _____.

Answer 1

The appropriate words to fill in the blanks are "white community" and "white people," sequentially.

How does this show disproportionate punishments?

• This shows how African Americans were punished more severely for illegal drug use.
• This shows how the white community had lenient punishments.
• This shows how justice viewed illicit drug use disproportionately between whites and blacks.

Crack use was associated with black communities, for this reason, it was determined that a small amount of crack would be enough to punish a black citizen for illegal drug consumption.

Although cocaine was equally harmful to society, its use was more associated with white communities and so it was decided that a very large amount of cocaine would be needed to incriminate someone.

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