Republicans in Louisiana and Alabama want Supreme Court to change the definition of a Black Person

[Paper Boi]

#BOTHSIDES

 

[Jean toomer]

What's the play, here?

Brazil.

 

[cheek100]

Comments will be interesting. Coli members where happy when California's governor did it.

Link to this?

 

[Dafunkdoc_Unlimited]

You mean to tell me after months of infighting between ADOS, FBA and other members of the African Diaspora, republicans are using the divide and conquer tactics to their benefit???

They use EVERYTHING to their benefit.....

Significant EEOC Race/Color Cases(Covering Private and Federal Sectors)

Significant EEOC Race/Color Cases

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[bnew]

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[Adeptus Astartes]

naivety,

sounds mores like an effort to for them to say " we aren't targeting black poeple, only 5% of the people in this district identify soley as black.."
"this isn't a black neighborhood we're disenfranchising, it's home to a diverse array of races."

You see it. This is a way to officially reduce the number of Black people and further limit political power.

 

[Scustin Bieburr]

Whenever you see "Republicans want the Supreme Court to..." you know it's bout to be some bullshyt

It's the only way they can govern. The fact that they want to use an unelected body to put their policies into place should tell you all you need to know about who they are.

 

[ORDER_66]

What's the play, here?

Them trying to back door their way into reparations claims same way they did the indians and killed those Indian woman for the oil...

 

[ORDER_66]

Dbl*

 

[acri1]

Whenever you see "Republicans want the Supreme Court to..." you know it's bout to be some bullshyt

 

[BobbyWojak]

"we think yall gerrymandering black districts"
"define black

"

 

[RadaMillz]

Soon I’ll be voting as a cac who formerly considered himself as a black thanks to the diaspora wars

 

[Amo Husserl]

Republican officials in Alabama are now calling for a narrower definition of what qualifies as a Black voter that does not include people who also identify with another race. They’ve argued in lower court filings that limiting the definition to those who just mark the “Black” on census forms and do not identify as Latino would be the “most defensible.”

California sets precedent by breaking down Black employee data by lineage

California has become the first in the nation to require state agencies to include a separate category for descendants of enslaved people in its collection of employee data. Why it matters: Advocates say the data disaggregation will help identify and address long-held inequities within Black...

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ADOS movement scores a victory in California

https://www.axios.com/2022/08/10/california-descendants-slavery-data-disaggregation?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial&utm_content=politics The state of California is breaking down black employee data by lineage this is tied into the reparations thing in California none...

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[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

Cliffs:

• Court cases in Alabama and Louisiana determined voting maps were gerrymandered violation of the Voting Rights Act, reducing Black voters ability to elect who they want
• GOP officials there state the definition is too broad by including folks that identify as Black and Latino (for example) and should be narrowed to Black only

Republicans In Louisiana Want Supreme Court To Change The Definition of a Black Person

A Supreme Court battle over new congressional maps created by Republicans in Louisiana is questioning who is a Black voter.

www.blackenterprise.com

The Push To Redefine "Black" And End Anti-Racist Voter Protections : The NPR Politics Podcast

In this episode of Code Switch, NPR's Hansi Lo Wang reports on the effort by Republican officials in Louisiana to change how Black people are counted in voting maps. If their plan is successful, it could shrink the power of Black voters across the country — and further gut the Voting Rights Act...

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