What Is Mardi Gras? The REAL History & Traditions Explained by Newtral Groundz
We live in a world where everyone likes to party. Everywhere you turn you see events taking place dedicated solely
Category: Documentary
A personal review of Crack: Rock Cocaine, Street Capitalism, and the Decade of Greed by David Farber
The government used crack cocaine as a double edge sword that severed the lives of all who came into contact with it. The book is filled with interviews that speak of the quick road to riches, being out of the projects, and the hopes of a better life for their family only to be greeted by “DEATH” awaiting them around the next corner. Crack cocaine was marketed as “HOPE,” but there was a”DEATH” clause written in small print, but Farber’s “CRACK: Rock Cocaine, Street capitalism, and the Decade of Greed” brings the magnifying glass to help you read what you missed over the years.
Crack Rock Cocaine, Street Capitalism, and the Decade of Greed By David Farber
Crack is an essential read for anyone hoping to understand why. This lively, well- researched history of America’s crack cocaine years introduces readers to entrepreneurial dealers, desperate users, and draconian drug policies. Along the way, it illuminates the era’s racism, political excesses, and media exaggerations, as well as the lasting damage crack and crack dealers wrought in countless neighborhoods of color.
