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Black politicians championed greater penalties for crack:

http://prisontime.org/2013/08/12/timeline-black-support-for-...

http://www.wnyc.org/story/312823-black-leaders-once-champion...

I'm not arguing that institutionalized racism doesn't exist, but this crack vs cocaine issue comes up all the time and the issue has more to it than "It's because of racism."



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