Making pot illegal has had the effect of forcing a disproportionate of blacks in prison.
How is that a racist policy? Don't get me wrong, I think pot should be legal, but I do not see how that law has one iota of a racial bias.
The same goes for the previous statement that "Because our leaders' racial makeup does not reflect the statistical makeup of the public, that makes the electoral process racially biased."
Equality of opportunity does not mean equality of outcome. To assume that lawbreakers and politicians should have a racial makeup that is statistically similar to the public at large is to assume that the electorate will vote along racial lines, and that individuals of each race should break the law at rates which are statistically identical when viewed along racial lines.
That is obviously not the case. In some areas of the country where whites are in the minority, there remains an overwhelming white majority on governing boards. This would indicate one of three things:
1 That nonwhites are voting for whites
2 That minorities are underparticipating in the election process (either not running for office or not turning out to vote)
3 That gerrymandering or ballot box stuffing is taking place
I would guess that 1 and 2 are the most likely answers, unless there is some justice department investigation going on that I am unaware of. To illustrate my point, Asians are much higher in both educational performance and wealth accumulation than are any other racial subgroup. For statistical purposes, they are frequently included in the stats with whites.
It isn't that Asians are genetically superior to whites, or that there is discrimination- it is just that the Asian culture places a higher value on education. I suspect that the higher rate of incarceration for blacks has more to do with the cultural values of the inner cities than it has to do with racism or a conspiracy.
Again, equality of opportunity does not mean equality of outcome.