nothing more than unfortunate reality,
so it is not viewed as racism. Certain issues constantly associated with
African Americans include drugs, crime, welfare and the affirmative action
Indirect profiling by the media focused mainly on tow topics: drugs and
crime. Public opinion polls indicated the overwhelming majority of Americans
had 'relatively little firsthand experience with the extent of the problems
associated with drug use.' Also 'the majority of Americans report getting
most of their information about the seriousness of the illicit drug problems
from the news media, mainly television' ( 'Media Blackface'). An article
written by Raja Mishra appearing in the Denver Post on March 19, 1998,
reported how 'doctors said the public has been misled by media accounts of
certain issues' (Media Blackface').
In March 1998 two studies on the United States drug policy were released
by the Physician Leadership on the National Drug Policy. The first study
concluded that drug treatment of drug ad
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