Crackalyn Cristalyn-meth would never address the real issues and history.
"You start out in 1954 by saying, “******, ******, ******.” By 1968 you can’t say “******”—that hurts you, backfires. So you say stuff like, uh, forced busing, states’ rights, and all that stuff, and you’re getting so abstract. Now, you’re talking about cutting taxes, and all these things you’re talking about are totally economic things and a byproduct of them is, blacks get hurt worse than whites.… “We want to cut this,” is much more abstract than even the busing thing, uh, and a hell of a lot more abstract than “******, ******.”
Exclusive: Lee Atwater’s Infamous 1981 Interview on the Southern Strategy
“H.R. 15087 (94th): National Welfare Reform Act”
~Gerald Ford
"Richard Nixon used America’s ‘war on drugs’ as excuse to target ‘anti-war left and black people,’ claims former aide
The civil rights leader, Rev Al Sharpton, said that John Ehrlichman’s remarks were ‘a frightening confirmation of what many of us have been saying for years’"
How Richard Nixon used US ‘war on drugs’ to target ‘anti-war left and blacks’
The “war on drugs”, mass incarceration and Welfare Reform go hand-in-hand.
The Black Family in the Age of Mass Incarceration
“American politicians are now eager to disown a failed criminal-justice system that’s left the U.S. with the largest incarcerated population in the world. But they've failed to reckon with history. Fifty years after Daniel Patrick Moynihan’s report “The Negro Family” tragically helped create this system, it's time to reclaim his original intent.”
The Black Family in the Age of Mass Incarceration
"Numerous African American families have struggled for generations with persistent poverty, especially in the inner city. These conditions were further strained during the 1980s and 1990s by the widespread use of crack cocaine. For many, crack use became an obsession, dominated their lives, and superseded family responsibilities. This behavior placed additional pressure on already stressed kin support networks. This paper explores the processes prevailing in two households during this period. In the 2000s, children born to members of the Crack Generation are avoiding use of crack but face major deficits from their difficult childhoods. This presents both challenges and opportunities. The discussion considers initiatives from both a social problems and a strengths perspective that could help these families and help these families help themselves to advance their economic circumstances."
J Sociol Soc Welf. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2008 Oct 9.
Published in final edited form as:
J Sociol Soc Welf. 2006; 33(1): 115–139
The Severely-Distressed African American Family in the Crack Era: Empowerment is not Enough
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