The culture of punishment has developed with and sustains the drug war. Even when it comes to the issue of crack vs. powder cocaine sentencing, most blacks will say that crack is so much worse, it deserves tougher sentences. They view crack users and dealers as traitors to their people. Belief in neighborhood block watches seems to be growing, even after volunteers have been killed on the streets. This is the result of the need for an illusion of control.
Many people value security more than privacy or freedom.
The image of violent young minority males has exacerbated racism and interracial distrust. The drug war has pitted individuals against one-another. The stigma of drugs and the drug war s denigration of addicts, users and dealers has exacerbated intolerance. Middle-class blacks are more and more insulated from poor blacks. It is a burgeoning new caste system within the race.