This is powerful. These rulings are never just rulings. They sit inside a much longer American habit of granting Black citizenship/equal rights/say so, then finding new legal language to narrow it. It’s one thing to talk about voting rights as law… it’s another to remember that, for so many families, democracy arrived through fear, courage, and somebody deciding to go anyway.
I respect your view, but a white man has represented the black folks of my hometown of Memphis since 2010. Now the likely winner of TN-9th will be a black republican woman. They say this is racist, but I do not see it, and I am black.
All the SCOTUS ruling says is that states cannot redistrict by skin color.
It’s too bad when authors restrict important information only to payed readers. If it’s important enough to write, it should be important to include all readers who are interested in reading even tho they can’t afford to pay.
Indeed, it is. Especially, when a writer takes umbrage with a piece I freely published. It is the height of cowardice not to allow me to respond. It is the stuff that cowards do in Congress. They can’t win with the stuff they use, so the cowards constantly move the goalposts.
Torrance, thanks for taking a look at this viewpoint. My third grandfather voted Republican until the unrepentant Southern White Democrats took the vote away from him through intimidation, poll taxes, literacy tests, and any other means they could come up with to move the vote out of his reach. This went on until moderate Republicans in Congress, led by Nelson Rockefeller, pressured Southern segregationists in the Democratic Party to get behind the 1965 Voting Rights Act. What the country needs today is moderate Republicans willing to do the right thing without respect to a citizen's political party. Must I say it: Having a Black female Republican in Congress is tantamount to having a White male Republican representing that district. The problem with this scenario is that conservative Republican policies do not align with the interests and needs of Black and minority communities in this country. Moreover, this Supreme Court ruling is designed to make the U. S. a one-party state, and a one-party state is a sure-fire way to erode democracy. If democracy is eroded, the Republican Party can have all the power in the world, and it will not be enough to keep the states united. Things will fall apart. We are all better off respecting the diversity of people and interests.
This is powerful. These rulings are never just rulings. They sit inside a much longer American habit of granting Black citizenship/equal rights/say so, then finding new legal language to narrow it. It’s one thing to talk about voting rights as law… it’s another to remember that, for so many families, democracy arrived through fear, courage, and somebody deciding to go anyway.
I agree with you. There is more at stake for families like the one I grew up in, and what’s at stake for us portends the health of democracy.
I respect your view, but a white man has represented the black folks of my hometown of Memphis since 2010. Now the likely winner of TN-9th will be a black republican woman. They say this is racist, but I do not see it, and I am black.
All the SCOTUS ruling says is that states cannot redistrict by skin color.
https://torrancestephensphd.substack.com/p/democrats-and-the-tennesssee-two
It’s too bad when authors restrict important information only to payed readers. If it’s important enough to write, it should be important to include all readers who are interested in reading even tho they can’t afford to pay.
Indeed, it is. Especially, when a writer takes umbrage with a piece I freely published. It is the height of cowardice not to allow me to respond. It is the stuff that cowards do in Congress. They can’t win with the stuff they use, so the cowards constantly move the goalposts.
No problem. I forgot it goes to lock after a few days.
My apologies. I have it set to go to that status after 4 days.
Unlocked now
Thank you.
Torrance, thanks for taking a look at this viewpoint. My third grandfather voted Republican until the unrepentant Southern White Democrats took the vote away from him through intimidation, poll taxes, literacy tests, and any other means they could come up with to move the vote out of his reach. This went on until moderate Republicans in Congress, led by Nelson Rockefeller, pressured Southern segregationists in the Democratic Party to get behind the 1965 Voting Rights Act. What the country needs today is moderate Republicans willing to do the right thing without respect to a citizen's political party. Must I say it: Having a Black female Republican in Congress is tantamount to having a White male Republican representing that district. The problem with this scenario is that conservative Republican policies do not align with the interests and needs of Black and minority communities in this country. Moreover, this Supreme Court ruling is designed to make the U. S. a one-party state, and a one-party state is a sure-fire way to erode democracy. If democracy is eroded, the Republican Party can have all the power in the world, and it will not be enough to keep the states united. Things will fall apart. We are all better off respecting the diversity of people and interests.