This past week during a senate hearing, Attorney General Jeff Sessions, appointed by the Trump Administration, announced that stomping out the opioid problem in America was at the top of his priorities. Without prompting, AG Sessions looked directly into the camera and stated that they (the government) are prosecuting all drug cases to the fullest and most extreme extent, and that all “gangs” and “cartels” better be on notice that the US government is coming after them. Note that the reason for the hearing was to probe into the possibility of obstruction of justice and collusion/interference by the Russian government into the 2016 presidential election. The hearing had nothing to do with the so-called “War on Drugs”, yet AG Sessions felt it was necessary to declare this statement.

The injustice of mass-incarceration has been a hot topic gaining attention for the past several years. Opponents of mass-incarceration such as Michelle Alexander, author of “The New Jim Crow”, have been shining light on the historic and systematic discriminatory/racist purpose of mass-incarceration. Under the Obama Administration, Washington as a whole, pretended to make strides towards correcting this unfair practice. Before leaving office, President Obama commuted an array of lengthy prison sentences, but any permanent changes to fix the actual problems with  a broken and unjust system never panned out and the practice of mass-incarceration was left intact. So the elderly prisoners that were released are swiftly being replaced with younger prisoners to take their place, receiving the same absurd sentences for nonviolent offenses.

Now with the Trump Administration, everything that the previous administration claim to have done is out the window. Trump won the presidency with his in-your-face, arrogant, thinly veiled platform of wealthy white supremacy, with his core supporters applauding his return to the “good ole days” of taking what they want and sparing no feelings. With his lack of concern in being politically correct, Trump is the perfect candidate for the system to use to continue the systematic destruction of the lower-class.

Mass-incarceration is big business. The wealthy elite has untold amounts of revenue stemming from state and federal prison industry/plantations. Beyond the wealth, it additionally serves the purpose of silent genocide on certain classes of unwanted citizens. So the reality is, the behind the scenes power-brokers that determines the course of America never had any intentions of eradicating the effects of the so-called “War on Drugs”, which is really a war on a segment of the American population: “gangs” (Blacks) and “cartels” (Hispanics).

Basically, AG Sessions put the nation back on notice that nothing had really changed because of the lack of action by the lawmakers in Washington. The show of concern about correcting the problem was merely a facade of fairness to appease the public. His declaration was made in a moment and setting that would not gain over-exposure because the focus was on the matter of obstruction and collusion, yet it will be there as a reference to say that “Our continued ‘War on Drugs’ wasn’t a secret.” Part of a cleverly executed plan is to keep the finger pointing and blame going from administration to administration without any real action being taken to correct this massive and out-of-control problem.

The bottom-line is that only concerted, well-thought out action will bring the climate necessary to effect changes in mass-incarceration and all the other ills facing the lower class and minorities in America – not meetings with comedians and the host of Family Feud representing “Leaders of the Black Community”.