I changed the program today after having an interesting exchange over email. I think it warranted this coverage given the racialized times we are in currently.
Exchange with a racist
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I received an email from an acquaintance of a friend. He started an email conversation showing his displeasure with the Voting Rights bill. The email thread then evolved into disdain for the 1619 project and much more. His thought process was transparent. I include the exchange anonymously and would love your feedback. I have corrected grammatical errors that both of us made during the conversation.
Friend’s Acquaintance:
If the 2020 election was the fairest in history with record turnout What exactly are voting rights supposed to do? It is nothing but a mechanism for election fraud. And you should be careful because once fraud is established as the way the game is played, you might get out-frauded. People have to show proof of vaccine but not identification to vote. It’s so incredibly racist to say black people are too dumb to get an ID.Egberto:
You answered your own question.
- The 2020 election was the fairest in history with a record turnout.
- Voting exploded.
- Red States then enact restrictive election rules that biased minorities and poor whites (removing dropboxes, allowing hunting and IDs and not student IDs,etc,)’
- Voting Rights Bills set a baseline so that those who would bring back the techniques that prevents some could not vote did not come back to fruition.
It is unempathetic to disregard black people/POCs who point out that town after town, their county officials make it difficult for them to get IDs. America is still a very racist country. I live it every day. I have superseded said racism most of the time. It is a burden white people don’t have. It incenses me that people who themselves have prejudices against POCs, attempt to make it the figment of POCs’ imagination.
We discuss the entire exchange in the program today. You can find it here.
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