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Message 2105838 - Posted: 27 Aug 2022, 10:03:17 UTC

Mississippi Jim Crow-era voting law upheld by appeals court.

A U.S. appeals court upheld Mississippi’s Jim Crow-era voting law that was written to stop Black people from voting.

The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday voted 10-7 against two men who sued after they were disenfranchised on forgery and embezzlement convictions.

Roy Harness and Kamal Karriem argued that the outdated, racist law should no longer apply.

The appeals court rejected that argument, saying that while “it is uncontroverted that the state constitutional convention was steeped in racism and that ‘the state was motivated by a desire to discriminate against blacks,’” the law had been modified during the Civil Rights Movement and therefore should still apply,...
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Message 2107111 - Posted: 20 Sep 2022, 1:15:42 UTC

How Alive and Well is Jim Crow?

Downtown Richmond is a STONEs Throw from where I'm Typing. A Stone Thrown by GODZilla. Still.

Debasing Whole SOUTH is a Stretch.

C'mon Man!!!!!

Southern Man Don't..........Anyhow - BABY!!!!!!!!

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Message 2109032 - Posted: 24 Oct 2022, 21:09:15 UTC

BEAUTIFUL WARM DAY in da SOUTHLand

Watchin' Birds/Squirrels/and LIFE Enjoying a WONDERFUL Day

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Message 2109558 - Posted: 3 Nov 2022, 20:59:49 UTC

Are they going to start holding up colour cards now?

Louisiana's GOP legislature is trying to redefine Blackness.

...The Louisiana move was made possible through the earlier erosion of the Voting Rights Act. Originally under the act, states with a history of discrimination toward minority voters — say Louisiana — had to pre-clear any changes to their congressional district maps with the federal government. But since 2013, when the conservatives on the Supreme Court invalidated that part of the law, the state legislatures that draw up these districts have had freer hands to marginalize certain voters.

However, these legislators are still governed by a provision of the Voting Rights Act that requires minority opportunity districts (congressional districts in which at least half of the voting age population is a minority group). In practice, opportunity districts ensure that Black and other minority voters — who may not otherwise constitute a majority in any one district even as they make up a significant part of the state population — have a voice in Congress.

To overcome this remaining hurdle, Louisiana Republicans are trying to minimize the number of Black voters who count as, well, Black....
Unbelievable.
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Message 2110076 - Posted: 13 Nov 2022, 7:21:39 UTC

This southern councilman certainly showed his racist "Crow" side.

Alabama councilman arrested after allegedly punching mayor over 'vulgar and disgusting comments'.
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