PeterZ wrote:gcomeau wrote:Addressing the effects of racism, which necessarily involves a concept of race in the policies being used, is not the same thing as practicing racism.
It is the same thing if the effects disproportionately and adversely impact racial minorities.
An effect that mostly exists in the heads of conservative voters while they look away from policies expressly intended to do exactly that being constantly pushed by the GOP.
What another load of crap. Trying to keep other jurisdictions from becoming Chicago benefits everyone, especially minorities.
How many times *just this year* has some court had to strike down GOP attempts to redistrict or rewrite election laws based on racial discrimination grounds?
Please explain to me how mass closings of polling stations in majority black neighborhoods is in the best interests of minorities to "keep jurisdictions from becoming Chicago"?
Please explain how shutting down early voting is in the best interest of minorities?
Please explain how revoking same day registration is in the best interests of minorities?
Because to the rest of the planet, they look an awful lot like "trying to keep people from voting" laws. And when they tend to be passed in such a way as to disproportionately target minority communities that becomes "try to keep minorities from voting" laws.
As the courts have recognized, repeatedly, when the evidence was presented to them.
You can keep pressing your hands firmly over your ears, squeezing your eyes shut, and pretending the GOP isn't constantly pulling this kind of shit, but it's not going to stop everyone else from seeing it. Which results in things like this:
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