TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas state legislator who suggested at a public forum that Blacks are predisposed to abusing drugs has resigned from two committee leadership jobs. Rep. Steve Alford, R-Ulysses, sits in the Kansas House at the start of the 2018 legislative session Monday, Jan. 8, 2018. Alford, arguing against the legalization of […]
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White Kansas Lawmaker: “Blacks were predisposed to abusing drugs because of their “character makeup — their genetics…”
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A White Kansas state lawmaker arguing against the legalization of marijuana suggested that it and other drugs were originally outlawed in part because Blacks were predisposed to abusing drugs because of their “character makeup — their genetics and that.” Rep. Stephen Alford, R-Ulysses talks with colleagues before the legislative session begins […]
