KQED Charlie Rose November 29, 2012
Race issue. In fact, you know, every poll thats been done shows that white americans in particular dont want to hear about race or racial bias or the racial dimension of any issue, let alone mass incarceration on the war on drugs. But i believe we would be making a huge mistake if we were to pursue drug policy reform without talking about the racial dimension of this crisis. Because if we do, if we go about our advocacy in a colorblind way and talk just about cost savings and dollars and cents, and the benefits of drug treatment, never address the racial dimention, we will fail to learn the cr...