Maryland Gov. Wes Moore pardons 175,000 marijuana convictions: "This is a really big deal"
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore pardons 175,000 marijuana convictions: "This is a really big deal"
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore mass pardoned more than 175,000 marijuana convictions Monday.
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It would be a bigger deal to stop using a racial term for cannabis that was meant to be offensive to Mexicans.
Stopping the use of a word that’s hit Kleenex level of saturation is a bigger deal than overturning 175 thousand bullshit convictions? That’s a hot take
Are you shitting me that you think changing a word with an association most people have never even heard is more important than hundreds of thousands of people in this instance and others having their lives measurably improved? Having a criminal record can literally ruin someone's life. It impacts the jobs they can get and where they can live. Pardoning them for some shit that never should've been a crime to start with is a huge deal.
But for sure, tell all those people you'd pick changing the word for the drug over pardons. That's a good call.
Genuinely have no idea what you're talking about. What do you mean?
Back in the day, the plant cannabis was referred to as "marihuana" to associate its use with Mexicans, who were (are?) often maligned as migrants, itinerants, etc. Those people could then be made the subject of racist laws and wind up arrested or deported.
This article goes into a couple explanations and offers a different one that's maybe less racist. https://www.sacurrent.com/cannabis/why-some-people-believe-marijuana-is-a-racist-word-and-why-it-doesnt-offend-me-31654627
Article title:
Why some people believe ‘marijuana’ is a racist word, and why it doesn’t offend me
Getting the feeling we could be spending our time on much more important issues...
From the article:
the word was being used decades before [trying to give it a racist connotation] in the United States.
Plus the term originated in México anyway.
Checkmate, atheists.
Do you actively look for the negative in everything or does it just come naturally?
That is absolutely the wrong hill to die on.
Lol! Nice troll!
Mexicans, and latinos in general use the term marijuana without batting an eye.
So, stop.