Richard Nixon
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- pauli
"Look, we understood we couldn't make it illegal
to be young or poor or black in the United States,
but we could criminalize their common pleasure.
We understood that drugs were not the health
problem we were making them out to be, but it
was such a perfect issue...that we couldn't resist
it.""You have to face the fact that whole problem is
really the blacks.THE KEY IS TO DEVISE A SYSTEM THAT
RECOGNIZES THIS WHILE NOT APPEARING
TO.I have found great audience response to this
[law and order] theme in all parts of the country,
including areas like New Hampshire where there
is virtually no race problem and relatively little
crime.With racism being frowned upon, there can be
many examples of ways the blacks can be especially
painted as being more likely to commit crime,
even though there are many examples of worse
crimes that rich white men commit that are not
considered worthy of our attention.Much of people’s racism is manufactured by the idea
that people of color tend more often to be criminalsThis means that even someone who has not committed
a crime can be killed, brutalized, or harassed by the police
because of their association with criminals due to their
darker skin. Sexual assault or harassment against women
of color is allowable in the context in which they are
associated with criminality."President Richard Milhous Nixon
- monNom0
“Look, we understood we couldn’t make it illegal to be young or poor or black in the United States, but we could criminalize their common pleasure. We understood that drugs were not the health problem we were making them out to be, but it was such a perfect issue for the Nixon White House that we couldn’t resist it.” -- John Ehrlichman
- johnbakersblog being the DEFINITIVE Richard Nixon resource.monNom
- identity0
Would LOVE to see a source on this.
- hellrod0
I think you are quoting from HR Haldeman's diary entries and not specifically Nixon himself. Not trying to protect Nixon in any way but a correct attribution is always helpful.
What is the purpose of bring up Nixon anyway?
- pauli0
Dear Georges IV,
Sincerely Yours,
Pauli