Comm 300: Reagan

All right, so lately I've been learning things about our President Reagan that really irritates me. The reason I bring him up is because he is extensively mentioned in Herman Gray's Watching Race.
More specifically Reaganism is the focus of of Chapter two in this book. Reaganism is still something that effects us today. For example: on page 17 he talks about the "Welfare Queen" and how she is sucking up all of the money. How Affirmative Action is to blame for what's been happening in America. Well, my mom and several of my aunts still believe this crap. We were at my cousin's wedding and we happened upon the idea of race and I had mentioned that white people have it good in this country. I mean, I haven't had any problems with access to jobs, housing, food, education. Things like that. Minorities have had huge problems with this. But anyway, once I mentioned that white people have it pretty good the above mentioned family members start freaking out. Talking about how Affirmative Action is taking away jobs. How the welfare system is sucking up all of our resources. Honestly, they very well may be. But, they're needed. Whites who have ruled over this country since the beginning have done everything in their power to make sure that there is no such thing as equal opportunities.
Then!!! I was watching a documentary entitled "Weed" it is about marijuana, more specifically the legal history of marijuana. And wouldn't you know that Reagan popped up again. This jerk, wen crazy over drugs in America, he wanted to be the king of the drug jungle. So, the government did an extensive research into the dangers of marijuana. Turns out there really aren't any. And do you know what that jerk did???!!!! He threw away the research. Tossed it into the trash without ever reading it, and then made marijuana a federal offense. Jerk.
So Thank you Mr. Reagan for over reacting.