If the voting rights act gets repealed how will and how should it impact our politics in the Black community?

[Voice of Reason]

I think it should make us focus on a more bottom up style of politics where we work to gain local and state political power but who knows what happens.

 

[Piff Perkins]

But that's what the VRA was about. Allowing black people a seat at the table by restricting southern racist attempts to silence it. If removed it will allow racists to create districts that outright erase black power. Southern black people won't have a voice on the national or state level.

There will still be black influence in other regions on the national and local level. But black political influence or opinion in the south will be over.

 

[Voice of Reason]

But that's what the VRA was about. Allowing black people a seat at the table by restricting southern racist attempts to silence it. If removed it will allow racists to create districts that outright erase black power. Southern black people won't have a voice on the national or state level.

There will still be black influence in other regions on the national and local level. But black political influence or opinion in the south will be over.

If it's removed it will mean that we will have to work harder to get into state legislatures in order to set policies and draw maps. We have to find a way to get the people that don't politically involved.

 

[Piff Perkins]

If it's removed it will mean that we will have to work harder to get into state legislatures in order to set policies and draw maps. We have to find a way to get the people that don't politically involved.

My problem is with the sentiment that it doesn't matter what happens, black people will find a way if we just Do Things. You could drop a nuke on black areas, killing 90% of black people and someone would be arguing well we just need to brush our shoulders off and do the work yall. No offense, I just find that delusional. There is no "rebuild" here for the south. If the VRA gets nuked that's a wrap until demographic numbers shift in our favor. Voting harder isn't going to fix things when the point of eliminating the VRA is to dilute black voting power. You vote as hard as you want and guess what....it doesn't matter because your town/city/neighborhood have been dropped into a lily white district where the math dictates you never get somebody into office.

 

[ThatTruth777]

What's the bothside position on this I wonder...

 

[Brolic]

What's the bothside position on this I wonder...

The FBA family will be ok. This will bring us closer to getting tangibles.

 

[Bar Razor]

The Supreme Court’s evident commitment to eviscerating what remains of the Voting Rights Act appears certain to hand an electoral bonanza to Republicans. If the Republican-appointed justices end federal protections for minority representation, as they sounded eager to do during Wednesday’s arguments in Callais v. Louisiana, Southern states can quickly gerrymander Black and brown communities into oblivion. The resulting maps will hand white voters almost total control over these states’ congressional maps, producing a net gain of 15 to 19 seats.

 

[Gloxina]

 

[Depreciating Asset]

The Supreme Court’s evident commitment to eviscerating what remains of the Voting Rights Act appears certain to hand an electoral bonanza to Republicans. If the Republican-appointed justices end federal protections for minority representation, as they sounded eager to do during Wednesday’s arguments in Callais v. Louisiana, Southern states can quickly gerrymander Black and brown communities into oblivion. The resulting maps will hand white voters almost total control over these states’ congressional maps, producing a net gain of 15 to 19 seats.

All part of their plan. They are trying to make this into South Africa where less than 20% of the population had all of the political power and 90% of the wealth.

White people's last stand.

We need an American Mandela for the 21st century.

 

[RamsayBolton]

doesnt matter right? both sides are the same. so when (not if) Supreme court strikes it down and Black people in the south no longer matter as a voting bloc, nothing will change

 

[DrBanneker]

My problem is with the sentiment that it doesn't matter what happens, black people will find a way if we just Do Things. You could drop a nuke on black areas, killing 90% of black people and someone would be arguing well we just need to brush our shoulders off and do the work yall. No offense, I just find that delusional. There is no "rebuild" here for the south. If the VRA gets nuked that's a wrap until demographic numbers shift in our favor. Voting harder isn't going to fix things when the point of eliminating the VRA is to dilute black voting power. You vote as hard as you want and guess what....it doesn't matter because your town/city/neighborhood have been dropped into a lily white district where the math dictates you never get somebody into office.

I mean, I think the sentiment isn't delusional. We don't control SCOTUS so if VRA falls we have to do something besides cry in a fetal position. Now using this sentiment as an excuse to be apathetic as he'll is suicidal, I'll agree with that.

It sucks but it isn't the end of all Black America, even in the South. Some plan is better than none.

 

[Piff Perkins]

I mean, I think the sentiment isn't delusional. We don't control SCOTUS so if VRA falls we have to do something besides cry in a fetal position. Now using this sentiment as an excuse to be apathetic as he'll is suicidal, I'll agree with that.

It sucks but it isn't the end of all Black America, even in the South. Some plan is better than none.

Fair. I just view the southern plan as being a demographics plan. Black people are migrating back to the south every year. White population is declining. You basically have to math your way back into political power there, in time for the 2030 Census.

But it’ll be an ugly 5 years getting there, with all the draconian shyt republicans have going on in the south (Medicaid restrictions, no worker rights, limited renter rights, restricted abortion access, etc).

 

[omnifax]

They are going to gerrymander the hell out of the south and a few states here in the midwest. I would like to think it would cause the community to all hands on deck but we got too many people interested in everything but politics. We'll have to wait and see. Louisiana wants a ruling by Janurary in order for states to have time to redistrict before the midterms. They are doing everything in their power to hold on to office so people better wake up and pay attention. Start organizing so at the very least you have some local leaders that will be on your side.

 

[Bar Razor]

All part of their plan. They are trying to make this into South Africa where less than 20% of the population had all of the political power and 90% of the wealth.

White people's last stand.

We need an American Mandela for the 21st century.

Yup. Been saying this for the longest. The goal is SA style perma rule.