'My president is black, he snorts a lot of crack', tweets College Republican

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Crack Cocaine Sentencing DisparitiesSince 1986, defendants caught with 5 grams of crack cocaine have received criminal sentences similar to those defendants caught with more than 500 grams of powder cocaine. The resulting 100:1 sentencing ratio has been an issue that criminal justice advocates have wrestled with over the last 24 years given the resulting racial disparities — most of those sentenced for crack possession are black. But recent research shows that the long-held view that crack cocaine was more addictive than powder cocaine is false. This year, Congress responded by passing the Fair Sentencing Act — a new law that reduced the ratio to 18:1.

From Huffington Post

Cassie Wright, the current president of the University of Texas College Republicans, allegedly sent out an offensive tweet on Sunday.

On December 18, a tweet was sent from an account apparently belonging to Wright that read, “My president is black, he snorts a lot of crack. Holla. #2012 #Obama”

The account is now protected, so the tweet is inaccessible. Nevertheless, HuffPost’s Elise Foley was able to capture the below screenshot of the tweet before the account was set to private:

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