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Dominic Dorsey II is a student activist, entrepreneur, poet, aspiring author, radio personality and president of every organization he's ever joined since the 7th grade. He began a career in public speaking at the tender age of 13 and has spoken in front of crowds ranging from 50 to 800 people at any given setting. From working on an Anti-Violence Teen Resolution in Washington D.C. to present to congress, to staging a protest against his university for racial discrimination and student funding inequity. Dominic prides himself on the lessons of leadership he's learned across the way. Lessons he hopes to share with students across the country. With Music (hip hop in particular) being his passion, this blog is a place to organize all his thoughts and observations on the topic. Along with stories addressing politics, pop culture, race & ethnicity and religion; it is the hope that in visiting this site, subjective analysis can stimulate conversation to enlighten the masses.

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Donna Simpson of New Jersey is looking to go down in history as a women that weighs 1,000 pounds (SMH). She told telegraph.co.uk, “I’d love to be 1,000lb. It might be hard though. Running after my daughter keeps my weight down.” She's got three kids, from 3 to 14. Where's Howard Stern now? (*shoutout to Illseed @AllHipHop.com)

NAACP - I'm Yo Pusha...of legislation

Posted by dap_dorsey Jul 9, 2010


This image provided by the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department shows some of the 40,000 pounds of narcotics seized by officers from a tractor-trailer traveling through San Bernardino County, Calif. (AP Photo/San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department)

MARCUS WOHLSEN, Associated Press

So the in San Francisco, the California chapter of the NAACP has pledged to back legislation that would legalize Marijuana in the Sunshine State. Stating that since the NAACP supports fair and just treatment of the African American community, and that the arrest rate of African Americans greatly dwarf those of whites due to low level marijuana related arrests; it's only fitting that a campaign to legalize weed be supported. Simply stated, they believe that current laws are used to unfairly target minorities.

I can't disagree. Narcotics related arrests are responsible for many African American's trip upstate to the penitentiary. Not that this absolves them from all guilt. Operating outside the law is still criminal, however when the scales of justice seem to unfavorably tip to the side of racism and incarceration of people of color? Let's just take the source of the problem out of the equation altogether and see what the numbers reflect.

Why not, right? Marijuana has been known to have medicinal purposes. I don't partake, but to each his or her own. By all means, legalize it and tax it's sale. We're in a recession. If anything this could be the boost our economy needs to get through this modern day depression. Imagine if unemployed street hustlers could legitimately make money on a side scheme they've been doing for years?

If this legislature passes the way the NAACP hopes, then it would be legal in California to grow small plots of marijuana at home and it would be up to individual counties as to whether or not it should be sold and it's tax rate. Cool...I'm all for it. What could it hurt?

OH! WAIT...there's still racism and stereotypes. RIIIIIIIIIGHT!

So of course there's controversy. So one of the remaining advocacy organizations is trying to save the black community by making kush legal. Many in the black community are outraged, stating that the NAACP doesn't speak for them.

I agree. They don't speak for the entire community, but those who's families have been torn apart for a stupid mistake in smoking a natural substance no less or more harmful than a cigarette? I hardly think is cause for complaint.

I've said it before and I'll say it again, we've become so conditioned to complain that we get a crabs in a barrel mentality and start opposing the prosper of our own people. I'm not saying that the NAACP has all the answers with this, but they've given the United States injustice system a hard look and are trying to do something about it. As long as it doesn't increase crime, I think I can actually rock with the NAACP on this one.

It may not be the type of "advancement" many African Americans would expect, but at least it can help curb the decline.

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