The drug epidemic sent disproportionate numbers of black men to prison, and crushed the job opportunities for those who served their time.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_UNWED_BIRTHS_72_PERCENT?SITE=FLTAM&SECTION=US

Note the hilariously third-person language. Not, Black men consumed and got caught for illegal drugs disproprotionately to other races, thereby ruining their own careers.