Racist Tips to Avoid Being Busted For Smoking Pot?
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The post contains some practical advice on how not to get arrested for smoking weed, and a lot of it is familiar ground for the average stoner. Stuff like: don't pass a pipe back and forth if you're on the bleachers at a rock concert or some other outdoor event, but use a joint. Don't dress like a hippie.
That's the straightforward part.
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Perhaps because the very first tip Belville offers is "Be White," however, some earnest, medical marijuana activist-type people are calling the list racist. "Racist . . . not worth reading," remarked one such reader on the OCNORML board.
It's hard to see the merit of that argument, seeing as how it's a well-known fact that, especially in large cities like New York, Los Angeles or Santa Ana, most people arrested for smoking weed are African-American or Latino. They're also overwhelmingly young, which probably explains why Belville's second tip is "Be Middle-Aged."
So is Belville being racist or just using humor to make a valid point about our justice system?
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