News (Media Awareness Project) - US NJ: PUB LTE: New Jim Crow |
| Title: | US NJ: PUB LTE: New Jim Crow |
| Published On: | 2010-07-23 |
| Source: | Trentonian, The (NJ) |
| Fetched On: | 2010-07-25 03:02:27 |
NEW JIM CROW
In your recent editorial ("A Faltering Bid to Legalize Marijuana,") I
wish you had identified the polls that say California's Proposition 19
is "hemorrhaging support." I have not seen them, and I've been paying
attention.
You make light of what has devolved to devastating societal damage,
the collateral damage of the drug war. Michelle Alexander describes it
in her 2010 book, "The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of
Colorblindness." After reading that, George Carlin's jokes fall flat.
John Chase,
Palm Harbor, Fla.
- -- The Field Poll shows the Californian proposition trailing 48-44 percent.
Poll director Mark DiCamillo says that when advocates of ballot questions
"start out behind, the odds are against you." --Ed.
In your recent editorial ("A Faltering Bid to Legalize Marijuana,") I
wish you had identified the polls that say California's Proposition 19
is "hemorrhaging support." I have not seen them, and I've been paying
attention.
You make light of what has devolved to devastating societal damage,
the collateral damage of the drug war. Michelle Alexander describes it
in her 2010 book, "The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of
Colorblindness." After reading that, George Carlin's jokes fall flat.
John Chase,
Palm Harbor, Fla.
- -- The Field Poll shows the Californian proposition trailing 48-44 percent.
Poll director Mark DiCamillo says that when advocates of ballot questions
"start out behind, the odds are against you." --Ed.
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