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Ronald Reagan was the governor of California from 1967 to 1975 and the 40th president of the United States, from 1981 to 1989. As governor, he got Angela Davis fired from her job, and as president, he copied Nixon’s “southern strategy” by promising to control and pull resources out of “urban,” “undesirable,” “ghetto” neighborhoods—meaning Black communities. His solution was the War on Drugs. By increasing the penalties for minor, nonviolent drug offenses and focusing enforcement on Black communities, Reagan’s policies drove crime in Black communities, limited their political power, and created the modern system of mass incarceration.
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Chapter 24
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And the media, as always, drove the stereotypes without discussing the racist framework that created much of them. Once again, Black people were lazy and violent, the men were absent from the home because they were irresponsible and careless, and the Black family was withering due to all this, but especially, according to Reagan, because of welfare. There was no evidence to support any of this, but hey, who needs evidence when you have power, right?
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Chapter 24
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And the media, as always, drove the stereotypes without discussing the racist framework that created much of them. Once again, Black people were lazy and violent, the men were absent from the home because they were irresponsible and careless, and the Black family was withering due to all this, but especially, according to Reagan, because of welfare. There was no evidence to support any of this, but hey, who needs evidence when you have power, right?
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