Societal Perceptions of the U.S. Drug Trade Culture

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2012
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Swarthmore College. Dept. of Sociology & Anthropology
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I would like to call into question the labelization of African Americans as prime drug trade actors by the American public, media, and political parties despite African Americans’ infrequent involvement in the drug trade. The American public seems to construct African American men as primary drug dealers and reinforce this racial and class distinction within the U.S. drug trade. This paper will attempt to undercover these patterns of apparent bias in the drug trade by examining society’s attitudes and stances towards individuals who engage in social acts that are deemed detrimental to the social order.
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