A little less racist isn't good enough.

A little less racist isn't good enough.  We must demand a just solution. Your message to President Obama and Speaker Pelosi:  Don't accept the Senate's discriminatory "compromise" bill that still allows for harsher sentences for crack cocaine than an equal amount of powder cocaine. Instead, push for a vote on Rep. Bobby Scott's bill, which would do the fair and just thing and end the disparity.  Dear Friend, The crack hysteria of the 1980s brought about one of the most discriminatory laws on our books — a law that treats every gram of crack cocaine as equivalent to 100 grams of powder cocaine. There's no good reason for this disparity. But in the decades it has persisted, the weight of this unjust law has fallen heavily upon the African American community, whose members are disproportionately targeted for arrest and convicted of crack offenses. President Obama supported ending the crack/powder sentencing disparity when campaigning for office, but there are now indications that he'll support a Senate bill that placates the political concerns of "moderates" by only reducing the sentencing disparity to roughly 20-to-1. This is politics at its worst. We need to end the cocaine sentencing disparity entirely. A bill that is simply less discriminatory than the status quo isn't acceptable. Click here to automatically sign our petition demanding that President Obama and Speaker Nancy Pelosi support a House version of the bill — which would end the disparity — instead of the outrageous Senate compromise. Very rarely are the moral stakes of our laws so stark. Harsh sentencing laws for minor, nonviolent drug offenses aren't a solution to our drug problem. Offenders caught with a relatively small amount of crack cocaine should not be treated as harshly as big-time drug dealers of powder cocaine. We can't accept the Senate's so-called compromise. Instead, we need to push for real justice. We should be removing discrimination from our laws, not perpetuating it. It's time to end the discriminatory disparity between crack and powder cocaine offenses. Click here to automatically sign a petition to President Obama and Speaker Pelosi urging them to stand up for the House version of the bill to end the cocaine disparity forever. Thank you for standing up for justice. LiAnna Davis, Campaign Manager CREDO Action from Working Assets Did you know CREDO has a Facebook page? Click here to check it out!