The White House Is Building an Opioid Memorial to Memorialize Fallen Whiteness

[sheshe2]

Can someone tell me where the crack memorial is in Washington, D.C.? Seriously, where is the wall with the list of names of all the people gone too soon to the drug that ravished the black community? Or, even more so, where can I find the heroin memorial in Baltimore? Baltimore has been pegged the heroin capital of America, with as many as 1 out of 10 residents struggling with the highly addictive narcotic, so surely there is some kind of commemorative statue to honor the lives lost to this epidemic.

The whitest news to ever come out of the White House happened Tuesday as the president of little pickup trucks with fat tires announced how happy he was to announce the addition of an opioid memorial in President’s Park coming in April.


I’m baffled by the casual caucasity of this shit. You’d think they’d have enough awareness to note the racial disparity in sentencing during the crack epidemic vs. the opioid epidemic to say that a memorial for addicts lost to a drug that disproportionately affects white people might be a bridge too far.

I mean they’ve already gone so far as to offer the death penalty for those who sell drugs that lead to a white user’s death. Let’s be abundantly clear about this: More than 80 percent of opioid-overdose victims are white. Which means killing a white person is punishable by death. Not a person mind you, a white person.



Read More: https://www.theroot.com/the-white-house-is-building-an-opioid-memorial-to-memor-1824120993

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. You know where it is. Bill Maher had a guest on the other night who laughed

and mocked anyone who thought W lied us into war or that the CIA was involved in the crack epidemic

I wanted to SCREAM, and nobody pushed back on the crack part, Malcolm did push back on W lying

[blake2012]

2. Yeahthats pretty fucked up

[spanone]

3. Is this for real?

we are in the twilight zone.

[sheshe2]

7. Ummhmm.

We are.

[NCTraveler]

4. I dont want to.... Grrrrrr...

It looks like the group doing this has the best of intentions. I really hope I’m right.

Looks like it is going to be an eight day exhibit.

http://stopeverydaykillers.nsc.org

[BigmanPigman]

5. I would be laughing if it weren't for the fact

that this is too fucked up to even laugh at.

[sheshe2]

8. I am speechless.

[betsuni]

6. K&R

[Kittycow]

9. Where's the alcohol memorial?

They mustn't forget to include the victims killed by drunk drivers in that one.

[spanone]

10. he just tweeted about it...

Link to tweet

I am very pleased to welcome the opioid memorial to the President's Park in April. I encourage all to visit and remember those who we have lost to this deadly epidemic. We will keep fighting until we defeat the opioid crisis!

[sheshe2]

11. Fugg him!!!