Voter suppression is one of those factors that can significantly impact election outcomes. Looking toward the presidential election, if voter suppression is to occur, it will likely include Florida, aimed disproportionately at people of color. These activities now tend to change results in close elections. The Brennan Center for Justice, a policy and law institute which deals with issues such as voter suppression, explained that this negative trend is growing.
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Florida is the nation’s third-largest state with 46 percent of the general population consisting of people of color. Yet, whites comprise 4 out of every 5 judges, and most of them are male. The current makeup of the state Supreme Court is particularly glaring. Five white men now sit on Florida’s high court, and there has not been a Black jurist since Justice Peggy Quince’s term ended on January 8, 2018.
Blood is on Everyone’s Hands
Just thinking
According to FOX News, “Ex-NFL Star, Jack Brewer, predicts ‘Black awakening’ will give Trump un-precedented support in 2020.” Black sellouts are coming out the closet. In a 1963 speech at Michigan State University, Malcolm X referred to these sellouts as ‘20th Century Uncle Toms.’
The African American journey through American history can be summed up in two words – UNJUST and UNFAIR.
The primary reason that Cosby and his team cited to justify the appeal is that Judge Steven T. O’Neill allowed the testimony of prior bad acts – five women who were not connected to this case Cosby was tried for but who claimed that they were also drugged and assaulted by Cosby.
Arts in Peace Education
GOP Albatross
First, Iranians are not our enemies. We must start looking at Iran as a country with 80 million people who are not our enemies, instead of an entity reduced to “bad guys” who need to be “eliminated.” If war starts, civilians will bear the brunt of it and we must do everything in our power and in our respective spheres of influence to prevent that from happening.