This is one of those subjects people are very content to leave swept under the rug.
@damianrobbins41672 жыл бұрын
The fact we have the highest per capita incarceration rate in the world is disgraceful, and it's never stopped people from using. I speak from experience as a recovering heroin addict.
@Magic_beans_2 жыл бұрын
3:48 “Black families are deteriorating, so… let’s lock up half of the dads.”
@santanak7149 Жыл бұрын
Put THIS in the AP African American History syllabus!
@donaldwoods92192 жыл бұрын
Basically America's response to poverty is to build more prisons.
@Torlik112 жыл бұрын
"Even if you don't explicitly mention race in a policy, you still may be making a policy about race" Why are those simple words so hard to understand for some?
@The10thManRules2 жыл бұрын
"I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually". James Baldwin
@TheSuzberry2 жыл бұрын
This was a war on African Americans and Vietnam war opponents. Nixon intended it to be.
@thewarpit2 жыл бұрын
I almost didn’t wanna watch this because I knew how mad I would get learning more about it
@kaldishelbryndjar2 жыл бұрын
Brilliant episode. Please keep going strong with these. This series has completely upended, reversed and pulled inside out my understanding of the past and present day issues faced by Blacks in the US.
@ValiantVicuna2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for your work. My 3-yr old sometimes joins me for these videos, and I've kept them on in the background while I work. This is so serious, and so unspoken in our community. This history is the missing undercurrent that explains why we are where we are. So glad that he will have your videos to educate him at such a young age. Wish I had had you as a resource growing up T.T
@renzoojastro21472 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this very informative video, Clint! You handled a very serious subject delicately and carefully. I come from the Philippines, which is a country that has a complicated struggle with drug use and trade that still exists today. Our previous president, Rodrigo Duterte, declared a War on Drugs similar to that of the U.S. . This video shows that taboo issues, even though not frequently discussed openly and kept in the past, can still spread through how we unconsciously spread it in our behavior and actions. The War on Drugs persists today through police brutality targeted against minority groups throughout the world, and we must not ignore these violent events. We must take action and fight against implicitly racial policies to save millions of endangered groups.
@jhoughjr12 жыл бұрын
The war on drugs was lost by all Americans. There are plenty of drugs that are horrible, but criminalization doesn't work. Legalized drugs would make it easier for people to get treatment when they have problems. It would also make research easier which would benefit everyone.
@zachariahwells87792 жыл бұрын
Man, your team is doing a fantastic job! It’s so important that people learn the facts about how systemic racism is in this country. Peace.
@NyokaB2 жыл бұрын
Thank you! this series has changed my life!
@camiamproducer2 жыл бұрын
One of my favorites from this series!
@smokingjoe98642 жыл бұрын
It is tough to beat generational poverty. The state trade schools and colleges were to be extended beyond high school to cure generational poverty. The moral majority decided to build prisons.
@hayleyxyz2 жыл бұрын
We need decrimilzation now. It's sickening how people are serving life for weed due to the three-strikes law.
@denh00062 жыл бұрын
That was by far one of the best episodes of Crash Course I have ever watched
@ve46432 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this episode of Black American History. It's devastating to acknowledge these things but necessary to change our future. Thanks to Clint! Always brilliant and eloquent, I could hear your thoughts and nuance about every topic of your interest.
@Pawpawlogan2 жыл бұрын
We would like to congratulate drugs for winning the war on drugs.
@metabeard37882 жыл бұрын
bookmarking this episode to share in arguments for years to come
@vaughnharris64042 жыл бұрын
he was very kind in this presentation...our govts actions were heinous
@lilikatz12212 жыл бұрын
Thank you you making this video and shedding light on one of the biggest flaws of our criminal justice system.
@kairyumina64072 жыл бұрын
This is such a good series, I keep being impressed. Such a good balance of narrative, primary sources and quotes, and connections to the present.
@Theamericanvillian2 жыл бұрын
I’ve been waiting on this episode!
@Xosidhe2 жыл бұрын
I watched the whole playlist in 4 days. I’m looking forward to hearing about current events like police brutality and Black Lives Matter.
@cbrindle912 жыл бұрын
"It's not a war on drugs, it's a war on personal freedoms."
@CalisthenicsWorldview5 ай бұрын
"Instead of a war on poverty, they got a war on drugs so the police can bother me" - Tupac Shakur
@DCityJorge2 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@NotoriousSRG2 жыл бұрын
Extremely important video!
@HeliophobicRiverman2 жыл бұрын
The cruelty is not a bug, it is a feature.
@Wineclaw2 жыл бұрын
If anyone watching this finds themselves in Philadelphia, I highly recommend visiting the Eastern State Penitentiary. It'll drive home how bad the carceral state has become.
@Sentientsword2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this video!
@azdajajeanne Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for putting your sources in the description! I only own one of those books, so I look forward to being able to read more. The efforts of those working on this channel are very much appreciated!
@perryegolson8332 жыл бұрын
Clint, an absolutely fantastic video. Thanks so much!
@sepehrkamahi40872 жыл бұрын
great video hey crash course I want this man to teach more courses he is really good at this
@mitchdse2 жыл бұрын
Agreed
@00Linares002 жыл бұрын
Considering global impact, the war on drugs is one if not the worst thing out there.
@ancientswordrage2 жыл бұрын
This is a great, if harrowing, video! Thank you for continuing with this series
@benzehn12 жыл бұрын
Thx for the video
@chukc20122 жыл бұрын
That was a powerful 13 minutes!!!!
@Davlavi2 жыл бұрын
Informative as always.
@korg472372 жыл бұрын
this series should be mandatory in US schools.
@ForgottenPerspective2 жыл бұрын
Question: I don't know if there are still people who are incarcerated due to the third strike rule for cannabis possession (for personal use), but shouldn't the justice system look into the cases where they got life sentences since the law now is changed and legal in some states?
@dcwashingtonpresident59382 жыл бұрын
Awesome channel 💯.....Thank you!
@sdmugabe2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the great lesson!
@localblackman4272 жыл бұрын
Thank you for making this video. Sharing it with everyone I know
@ivyteacherwilson2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for another great lesson! 💯⚜️
@alanfike2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for making this.
@MananJindal1232 жыл бұрын
Another great video
@phoenixwhitcher1562 жыл бұрын
I love free education, thank you CC.
@blackice33952 жыл бұрын
Reagan, Clinton and Nixon was some of the worst things that ever happened in the United States!
@jamalpetty53702 жыл бұрын
Great work
@marciamartins1992 Жыл бұрын
While Reagan was setting up the drug modus operandi, Nancy was saying, "just say no". Lol you can't make it up.
@daddyquon48007 ай бұрын
Bro talkin fax I fw him 💯
@bryonwatkins14322 жыл бұрын
GREAT facts 👏👏👏👏!!!!
@moety2 Жыл бұрын
If anyone wants a detailed accounting of all of this, read The New Jim Crow.
@Izzy06142 жыл бұрын
I love this!! Thank you Crash Course
@Just2gofoods Жыл бұрын
Great video. Thank you so much!
@milesloden752 жыл бұрын
the only thing to make the crash course better would be to add the history of every continent as well.
@historyking99842 жыл бұрын
This was a great video. Though I wish you compared more to the opioid crisis and how that is treated today
@sonnyliew Жыл бұрын
Recently came across "Locked In: The True Causes of Mass Incarceration―and How to Achieve Real Reform" by John Pfaff - was wondering what you make of his arguments and data, Mr Smith.
@CaptainTimo Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for sharing this info
@jonathanrogel71012 жыл бұрын
Very eye opening
@dougc7947 Жыл бұрын
Fyi 3:04 to 3:18 is a map of the Rome, Italy (the Centro Storico). Great video and series but not sure why that was used as a template.
@VashdaCrash2 жыл бұрын
This is more about contemporary events than history, and I'm all for that.
@jamelchislom13652 жыл бұрын
Thank you
@mopnem2 жыл бұрын
Don’t know how this guy keeps his cool doing these lol. Tho it’s important to teach
@markfrank59372 жыл бұрын
Iran-Contra Affair. 😒.....
@hasseemabdul-jalil883610 ай бұрын
B1 NC! Awesomeness!
@tylishaqueenoceanriver16762 жыл бұрын
Can you please talk about the highly controversial case surrounding the Central Park five in 1989
@hazzah55722 жыл бұрын
Who else is white and following this great series? Show of hands?
@trevorames8892 жыл бұрын
Another excellent and informative video. Thank you. One note, awful was misspelled on the case file.
@NotAMuse2 жыл бұрын
I sat my ignorant butt down and cleared 13 minutes of my schedule to get edumacated.
@brave93072 жыл бұрын
A great video, thank you. I would love to see something as clear and succinct as this that includes the pre-Nixon history of drug criminalisation. Those laws, spearheaded by the US and then 'exported' internationally, were specifically and overtly racist - members of US congress spoke on the record about eliminating the "yellow menace" when criminalising opium (which had been used for hundreds of years by westerners - and thousands of years in other cultures); laws that were used to then target all minorities, most famously Billie Holiday. The same happened with the criminalisation of cannabis, with the word 'marijuana' being expressly utilised by Harry Anslinger (the prosecutor and persecutor of Billie Holiday) to characterise cannabis as something foreign and to associate it with Spanish-speaking people in order to ensure that racist stigma accompanied the legislation. The more the general public knows about this disgusting history the easier it will be for them to accept the inevitable end of the 'drug war' and, hopefully, the end of the needless deaths both in the US and everywhere else, that have been the result.
@KB-ru2rk2 жыл бұрын
PREACH ❤️
@erikvoitus74882 жыл бұрын
Are the amounts of money the amounts of money that it was then or have you already corrected it for inflation
@blanenoel4231 Жыл бұрын
????????? On Camera all of it !
@XanderShiller2 жыл бұрын
It's not a war bc wars end.
@bbrev1062 жыл бұрын
🔥
@kellyjohns66122 жыл бұрын
If Feb is black history month, what month is set aside for the First Nations People (the aboriginal natives of North America)?
@TheLaly372 жыл бұрын
How can policy maker still sleep at night and ask for re-election after such failures!
@abbyhelms80562 жыл бұрын
Great video! First comment!
@wefans-xf4vc Жыл бұрын
Nixon lol
@davidgaskin54172 жыл бұрын
If you take out any supposed claims of racism, and the impracticalities of fighting drug usage. What is the inherent problem with trying to stop people using drugs for recreational purposes?
@jliller2 жыл бұрын
It depends on whether you think the government should legislate morality.