Yeah, except that Nixon just gave it that name. Drug prohibition in the US started when Nixon was learning to walk.
This "drug prohibition is about racism" is all post hoc ergo propter hoc stuff.
This "drug prohibition is about racism" is all post hoc ergo propter hoc stuff.
https://www.thenation.com/article/how-myth-negro-cocaine-fie...
Were there people attempting to use drug policy to attack other people they didn't like? I've no doubt. But that wasn't the purpose of the War on Drugs and it would never have come into existence if it were.