Quiz is over!
The quiz question was, since the Supreme Court made it easier for the GOP to be extra racist to Black voters in swing states, the number of voters purged from voting rolls increased significantly. "How many voters were de-registered between 2014 and 2016? Was it 17K? 170K? 1.7 million or 17 million?
https://hachyderm.io/@mekkaokereke/112924592284252554
The hint: it's more than in 2006 to 2008 but the same as 2016 to 2018. The answer is... 17 million! AKA approximately the population of the Netherlands!🤡
1/N
The number of voters purged between 2014 and 2016, and 2016 and 2018 being about the same is important. Because this is the new "normal amount of election racism." 🤷🏿♂️
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/voter-purge-rates-remain-high-analysis-finds
I say "about the same" but you already know that the number of deregistration is moving up.
The fact that voter purges occur disproportionately in places that Black people vote, and ramped up after laws designed to protect Black voters were intentionally weakened, is important too.
2/N
The next questions on the quiz would be:
2) How many eligible voters were erroneously (illegally) de-registered in these purges, so that they couldn't vote on election day?
3) Did they disproportionately target eligible Black voters for illegal de-registering?
4) Was the number of Black voters illegally de-registered between 2014 and 2016 larger than Trump's margin of victory?
5) Did Black voters ask for help with this in those 2 years prior to Trump winning the election?
But why bother? 🤷🏿♂️
If you are white, you are 100% safe from being illegally de-registered, in the same way that a dolphin is 100% safe from ever being caught in a fishing trawler's tuna fishing net🐟🐬. In that you are not safe.🙃
If a dolphin looks around and can see tuna? Then it is at risk of becoming "by catch" or "collateral damage."
If you live where Black people live (AKA cities, where most of everyone lives), then you're at risk of getting caught up in this deregistration.
So check.
https://hachyderm.io/@mekkaokereke/112924094411662837
@mekkaokereke Must point out that white people are also effected, just in case the reader has lacking empathy for black people. Feels pretty distopian to have to reach out to the racists better sense. But I hate to emit it it caught my eye, so clearly it works.
