War on Drug

The average person, the Drug on War was created to stop drug crimes and make a “bad neighborhood” a better and safer place. Its purpose to the community was to give a sense of peace and tranquility. Thing is, that the reason people started to feel unsafe when their neighborhoods started to see racial difference, was because politicians manipulated an idea to the public mind that we were in danger and need help to eliminate such crimes and peoples are supposedly the only ones who are committing them. But the main idea and real since the beginning was to target a certain group of people, in this case, black and Latin ethnic groups. Fact is in the book Drug War facts it mentions that the ones who use illegal drugs that most are white with a 72%, blacks 15% and the Hispanics 10%. With only this fact, I think the government is clearly targeting the wrong people and what is seem is that it is more a personal matter or an wrong idea that our society keeps dragging about black, or Hispanic people are poor because they are lazy or dumb, therefore they sell drugs to get through life, and as a result they should be in jail. In Drug War facts, the author examined that in 2001the chances for a black man to go to prison were significantly higher than for a white man to go.  The government keeps arresting people of this specific race because they keep going to the same community, and obviously who ever seek, will find something wrong or illegal, whether it is in a white or black community. I believe it should be equally pursued between all racial groups and for once give the black and Latin community a break!