I was reading a news article (link below) about legalizing marijuana and Micah asked what "Mary - J - You - Anna" is. I told him it was a drug and explained this a little bit. There was a photo of a marijuana leaf there and also a video. Micah asked to watch the video so I clicked play. They started talking about how more many are pushing to legalize the drug and now many civil rights organizations are behind the movement. Why? Because African Americans are more likely to be arrested for possession or intent to sell marijuana, civil rights groups like NAACP are basically saying that it's a racial issue and police are using the opportunity to put black people in jail.
Micah sat there quietly and then he said, "That's all just so silly. Maybe the black people just eat more marijuana than white people!"
I LOVE homeschooling - and innocent children - and a preteen who has enough sense to know that not EVERYTHING is linked to racism. Sometimes people make bad choices and a crime shouldn't be legalized simply because most people committing the crime are of a certain race. Give me a BREAK!
http://liveshots.blogs.foxnews.com/2010/09/16/legalizing-marijuana-a-civil-right/?test=latestnews
Sonya
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