“‘What’s happening right now is probably the swiftest disenfranchisement of Black folks since Reconstruction, due to disenfranchisement by racist gerrymandering. And they will lie and say that it’s for political purposes,’ said Democratic state representative Justin Pearson of Tennessee…”

No. The Supreme Court did not rule in Louisiana vs. Callais because they don’t understand directed acyclic graphs. That’s not true. They don’t like the Voting Rights Act because it empowers black voters. You cannot fix that with a research design course.

White Americans have voted along racial lines throughout much of this country’s history. But now that Black leadership rises, suddenly people say voting “by race” is the problem? Defending Black voter disenfranchisement is hypocrisy. Might I add; taxation without representation is tyranny.

Two big stories today, the first on voting rights: Alito claims that black voters in Louisiana had higher turnout than white voters in two of the last five elections. But that's really only true if you use a measure of voter turnout that no expert would ever use

“Rigged maps that decide elections before a vote is cast and politicians who rig elections so it’s impossible for them to lose: this is not democracy.” “What’s happening right now is probably the swiftest disenfranchisement of Black folks since Reconstruction.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

“Donald Trump’s demand to tear up political norms has been met by Republican states eager to dust off a segregation-era playbook that maximizes the political power of white voters.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... via @neonflag.bsky.social

I don’t know if there’s any legal teeth behind it, but you can now effectively argue that Black voters in Memphis are suffering under “taxation without representation” which, as an American, I was always told was a bad thing that Americans do not tolerate.

They came for abortion with Dodds and Black voters stood with women because they understand the damn poem. They've come for Black voting rights now and it's our turn to stand with Black voters because we all need to understand the damn poem. Hang together or hang separately folks. Your call.

In the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision effectively endorsing gerrymanders that disenfranchise Black voters, an outbreak of racism has spread through Southern state legislatures. Tennessee Republicans are pretending Black voters in Memphis don’t exist.

"Voting rights activists shocked by speed of US states moving to stifle Black voters": https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/08/voting-rights-activists-louisiana-callais-black-voters copy: @volkris #politics #racism

‘This is not democracy’: voting rights activists shocked by speed of US states moving to stifle Black voters - The Guardian #us justice system #us constitution and civil liberties #us politics #law

How is redistricting with the intent to deny black voters a voice not racial redistricting under the Voting Rights Act? That’s not color blind, that’s straight up blind.

"The redistricting comes 8 days after the supreme court's landmark...decision, which invalidated swaths of the [VRA] which had restrained state govts from drawing congressional districts that left Black voters at a political disadvantage." @neonflag.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

And they need to find quality candidates that will represent the districts and have 80% of their black voters get out and vote the lazy white people who won’t know where to vote because you know they don’t have to let them know their new district and polling locations

Here's the thing....This happened a while ago and this year, SCOTUS said fixing racism is racist & southern states have effectively eliminated Black voters' rights. If prison sentences deterred racism, none of this would have happened in 2026. We must address root causes. #DismantleChangeBuild