Can Cannabis legalization save the reparations movement?
In Search of Black Power
English - April 27, 2022 16:00 - 44 minutes - 30.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsGovernment Business Non-Profit black studies policy making black power criminal justice black academia economic development baltimore city maryland politics Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Reparations for slavery have gone from a third rail issue to a mainstream Democratic Party talking point. While much of the conversation has focused on HR 40 and local/statewide task forces - has the reparations movement left a critical tool in the reparations battle of off the battlefield?
Lawrence Grandpre & S. Rasheem bust some myths around cannabis legalization. They argue that redistributing tax revenue from cannabis legalization to communities most impacted by the War on Drugs can serve as a more substantive and tangible form of reparations. This is opposed to increasing emotional, abstract and ideological conversations around reparations for slavery.
In Search of Black Power is a Black-owned internet show and podcast. This podcast is sponsored and produced by Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle (LBS).
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