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by lightgreen 1963 days ago
> Please tell me how harsher sentencing on crack cocaine compared to cocaine is not the dictionary definition of racism. > statistically crack cocaine is used more by black people

Again, if some action has different effect on racism, it does not make it inherently racist.

Wikipedia quotes original reasoning: crack cocaine is way more dangerous than powder cocaine.

Let me give another example. Illegal possession of a firearm is more often applied to black people. But that policy is not racist.

> The good thing is instead of trying to mind-bend your way around supporting a racist policy

Note, I do not support this policy.

I'm arguing the policy itself (regardless of whether it is good or bad) is not racist.