When the Supreme Court dealt the final blow to the Voting Rights Act, it completed its mission to erase the tangible results of the Civil Rights Movement.
Votes have consequences. Not voting for Hilary and Kamala are precisely why we're here, in addition to the Democrats not maximizing the supermajorities they had under Obama to fully codify all the rights people clearly took for granted. Can only pray whoever wins in '29 does the right thing and packs the Court and eliminates the filibuster so we can roll back all this trash for good.
God helps those who help themselves. Since 2008, the percentage of Blacks participating in our political process has steadily declined, contributing to a significant erosion of our rights as citizens. Since former enslaved men gained the right to vote, there has been a continuous effort to suppress this right, with recent measures being the latest. The solution is for us to vote in record numbers to support our liberal white allies in retaking Congress and passing the John Lewis Voting Rights Act.
In a nonstop parade of insults, injuries, felonies, calamities, and outrages, this Supreme Court decision draws the line we now face. And face it we must. Each and every one of us. No one is coming to save us. No one is going to bail us out. This is on us. Either we rise to meet this moment and make history. Or we’re history.
Votes have consequences. Not voting for Hilary and Kamala are precisely why we're here, in addition to the Democrats not maximizing the supermajorities they had under Obama to fully codify all the rights people clearly took for granted. Can only pray whoever wins in '29 does the right thing and packs the Court and eliminates the filibuster so we can roll back all this trash for good.
SIXTY ONE YEARS. God help us
God helps those who help themselves. Since 2008, the percentage of Blacks participating in our political process has steadily declined, contributing to a significant erosion of our rights as citizens. Since former enslaved men gained the right to vote, there has been a continuous effort to suppress this right, with recent measures being the latest. The solution is for us to vote in record numbers to support our liberal white allies in retaking Congress and passing the John Lewis Voting Rights Act.
In a nonstop parade of insults, injuries, felonies, calamities, and outrages, this Supreme Court decision draws the line we now face. And face it we must. Each and every one of us. No one is coming to save us. No one is going to bail us out. This is on us. Either we rise to meet this moment and make history. Or we’re history.
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Michael Harriot’s encyclopedic knowledge is always worth reading.
"The Struggle Continues" I'm 71 and I was "born into the Struggle" having a Father who was
an Activist in the "Segregated North" from the 40s until the 2000s when he passed. In some ways,
I feel for my children and grandchildren, some yet born. They will have to "push that Boulder back up the hill" from a lower point.