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Bless your heart. ( @LoveyCooper here.)
1. *Black.
2. Black voters have been intentionally kept out of democracy. In GA and the rural Black belt the past, 100,000 eligible Black voters didn’t turn out because campaigns have done a horrible job of investing in Black people. (1/?) https://twitter.com/jbenton/status/1331268582580363266">https://twitter.com/jbenton/s...
1. *Black.
2. Black voters have been intentionally kept out of democracy. In GA and the rural Black belt the past, 100,000 eligible Black voters didn’t turn out because campaigns have done a horrible job of investing in Black people. (1/?) https://twitter.com/jbenton/status/1331268582580363266">https://twitter.com/jbenton/s...
3. This year was about fighting that precedent. Voter turnout is only one indicator of the white supremacist forces that Trump has emboldened. Moving a polling place just four miles leads to a 20 percent drop in Black voter turnout. (2/?) @jbenton
Now consider: 7 out of 9 polling places disappearing from a rural county—that’s what nearly happened in Randolph County, where 62 percent of the population is Black. (3/?) @jbenton
Black led movements for enfranchisement and shifting the terrain of the two-party system was never about the ceremony of voting or legitimizing the white supremacist foundation of this country. When’s the last time you were threatened at the polls? @jbenton (4/?)
Brother Josh, can I call you that?
As a Black voter who actually lives in Georgia, in a predominately Black neighborhood of ATL, I could begin by discussing the difficulties that me & the homies have faced while voting at our polling sites, but I’m not so sure you would relate.
As a Black voter who actually lives in Georgia, in a predominately Black neighborhood of ATL, I could begin by discussing the difficulties that me & the homies have faced while voting at our polling sites, but I’m not so sure you would relate.
Instead I’ll draw your attention to your beautiful graph which shows a steep drop off in voter registration in 2010 and just remind you that’s when Governor Brian Kemp, sweet baby saint of voter suppression, became Secretary of State of Georgia.
Moreover in 2008, 2012, and 2018 Black voters were heading to the polls to vote for someone who we believed understood something of our experience, you know…somebody Black.
From the oval office, to the governor’s mansion, to the newsroom—as @NeimanLab has clearly shown before—you just can’t discount the importance of representation in places of power!
Over and out, Alysia @Poppyinthewheat.
Over and out, Alysia @Poppyinthewheat.
Hey @jbenton, @iolabhinton here! @Poppyinthewheat + @LoveyCooper have done a swell job of explaining what I thought we all understood to be voter suppression so I won& #39;t add on, but thank you SO much for helping us demonstrate why context matters in reporting!
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