The topic of this paper and the item of discussion in our sections is the question of whether the penalties for crack and powder cocaine should be the same or should they stay the way they are now. Right now possession of five hundred grams of powder cocaine has the same penalty as possession of five grams of crack cocaine. The critics view is that this law is discriminative to African Americans because African American …showed first 75 words of 604 total…

…showed last 75 words of 604 total…a unified society. Discrimination has been a part of our society since the beginning. It has plagued the workforce and now the penal system. Race has no base in the courtroom or in the minds of police officers, at least when they have the badge over their heart. The guidelines, which have been set by the Sentencing Commission, were not set based on the criminal’s color or culture they were based to serve justice.