Thread by @rashadrobinson

The majority of Americans believe marijuana should be legalized. So why isn’t it?

The fact is there are a lot of corporations that profit off the millions of Black & brown people put in prisons & jails bc of nonviolent drug offenses. #LegalizeIt #420Day
thehill.com/news/senate/32…

Let’s remember that even “public” prisons have profit-based incentives for criminalizing marijuana and targeting Black and brown communities.

Needless to say, our elected leaders need to #LegalizeMarijuana. But that’s not all. They must expunge records of those who've been unjustly incarcerated, end the war on drugs that ravages marginalized communities & get rid of profit-based incentives in the criminal legal system.

It’s not just about legalization — weed has effectively been legal for white folks and rich folks.

It’s also about restitution for harms wrought by the war on drugs as well as changing the written AND unwritten rules — from narratives we see on TV to a racist policing system.

For that to happen, we must make our voices too loud to ignore — by making it clear that we will not look the other way while elected leaders refuse to take action and while corporations profit from Black pain.

We must break down where injustice hides and show people what we can do about it. Because there is so much we can do, together.