Or we could all cheat on our spouses to commemorate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King... whatever

I have deleted Tyrone's comment because it was a violation of our terms of use prohibiting language that "is threatening, harassing or that promotes racism, bigotry, [and] hatred."

lol I'm sure they would delete them if anyone bothered to report them. Did you?.. and Thank you Tim, I found Tyrone's comment terribly offensive, and I'm not even black. It's amazing what some people will say when hiding behind the anonymity of the internet.

I deleted an ignorant and racist comment from Tyrone.

How many mistresses did Martin Luther King have ? Was he a reverend of a church also ? Why did he get married ?

When will the racism stop? When will racist drug laws repealed? When will black people have the political power we are entitled to? When will we have economic justice for people of all colors?

You mean like getting a black president? Maybe some day.

which drug laws are racist ?

Actually, there's a point to one particular racist drug law - crack vs cocaine. 5 grams of crack is a 5 year minimum sentence. To get the same sentence with cocaine it's 500 grams.

Why? Rich white people (Paris Hilton, rock stars, stock brokers, etc..) do tons of cocaine and heck, you can't put them in jail. However, any study done shows crack use (especially when this law was passed in 1968) was mainly black. At the time of this law "poor whites" were mainly using heroine. So the crack law was nothing more than a way to arrest and jail black people in droves while white people caught using cocaine got a slap on the wrist.

So it has nothing to do with the fact that crack is much much more potent than cocaine? It's the federal government's ploy to full the jails with black people.. Hmmm a vast conspiracy...lol

Well I'm satisfied. A poor black woman gets caught with a few rocks and does 5 minimum. Paris Hilton gets caught and arrested for cocaine possession and pleads to a misdemeanor. But yeah, Paris' cocaine was "less potent." Sure.

That aside, are you REALLY going to tell me that a rich white women caught with cocaine in her purse would be treated the same as a poor black woman with cocaine in her purse arrested in downtown Baltimore? You need to do some reading.

First of all Paris Hilton is a celebrity. Do I think it's fair that celebrities seem to get off easy if they're punished at all? heck no!! BUT it's hardly fair to compare her punishment to that of a poor black woman with DIFFERENT drugs! If you want to look at race, all other things must be equal! Sure compare punishment of the poor black woman with a few rocks to that of a poor *white* woman with a few rocks. To suggest that Cocaine *isn't* less potent is simply ill-informed. Do your research. I'm sure other things than simply "how much" go into account when determining punishments for illegal drugs. How about how much and the type of violence that's typically associated with it? A quick search on the internet tells us that crack is associated with more violent crime than powder cocaine. It's a fact. It can't be denied. Also, the processing of powder cocaine into crack refines it and makes it more pure, and therefore more potent in a smaller dose. So YES cocaine IS less potent. Do your research.

Rich white people dont want to smoke crack or sell crack. They know crack kills. They have no need to. Violence is associated with crack because the people who sell it need money desperately. I would suspect that most police officers and prison guards in Baltimore city are African Americans.

pgcoresident - unfortunately, you are dead wrong. Any statistic available will prove to you that blacks who commit the exact same crimes as white along the same socioeconomic status get prosecuted more, have a higher conviction rates and get longer sentences. Use Google -

John, Actually I never said they didn't--i said I would have to look it up. I was just suggesting that the examples YOU were providing were not proving your point. And that it didn't sound like you wanted to believe that anything else could possibly be the reason for differing sentences between cocaine and crack. THAT was your original statement and THAT was what i was disputing.