Pubdate: Fri, 20 Jan 2006
Source: Herald, The (SC)
Copyright: 2006 The Herald
Contact:  http://www.heraldonline.com/
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Author: Kirk Muse

WHERE'S THE OUTRAGE?

I'm writing about John McCann's column, "Don't miss the target of MLK
day," on Jan. 14.

In 1963 when Dr. King delivered his famous I have a dream speech, we
had about 200,000 total prisoners. Today, largely because of our war
on drugs, we have more than 2.2 million prisoners.

It's obvious that the so-called war on drugs is actually a war on
(politically selected) people -- and black people are the politically
selected people.

Even though blacks and whites use illegal drugs at about the same
rate, blacks are 13 times more likely to go to jail or prison for a
so-called drug crime.

Where is the outrage? Where is the outrage from the black community?
Where is outrage from the so-called black leaders? Where is the
outrage from America? Where is the outrage from the rest of the world?

The whips and chains of slavery have been replaced with prison
cages.

Kirk Muse

Mesa, Ariz.
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