The stark ugly head of American racism is the true shame

[Der Blaue Engel]

we are witnessing today.

Has it ever been so glaringly obvious what is going on here?

Ugh.

[PROGRESSIVE1]

1. GOP = KKK

[Pacifist Patriot]

2. Heartbreaking, isn't it?

[Greybnk48]

3. You hit the nail on the head

I know some people here don't like to hear this but this is a racist issue!!

[kerry-is-my-prez]

4. Why don't they just reenact the polling tax and quit the pretense?

Or maybe go back to the old days when only white men were allowed to vote.

[strangesttribe]

5. exactly

it's telling those disenfrancised voters, notably the African-American communities, that their vote doesn't matter.

[EFerrari]

6. Sad, true. n/t

[librechik]

7. yes exactly

I wish I could chang the color of my skin as a protest--I am so supportive of the Black caucus in their search for justice! and so frustrated...

[glitch]

10. Wear orange. That's what I am doing. Orange is the color of Solidarity.

And I bought pieces of orange cardboard to put in my car and home windows. Just squares of orange everywhere.

[tsuki]

28. Yes Orange. I am sitting here in an orange shirt and blue jeans. Trouble

is, I live in the middle of a red sea.

[NVMojo]

8. yep, it is KKK in suits and ties it seems

[itzamirakul]

9. Absolutely. The sad thing is...

that no one really wants to confront the issue. If it is brought up, the person who brings up the topic is attacked. It will never be solved until it is brought out into the full light of day.

[liam97]

12. Yes, racism is the challenge we are up again

as breakfornews said, this is the rebirth of the CR movement

[Beth in VT]

11. Yes, including Dems.

[Darknyte7]

13. Yet, not at all suprising...

I'm sorry, but as a black man, this is exactly what I'd expected.

[loritooker]

14. I think people of color have had to deal with this stuff forever.

We white people, for the most part, are just getting used to it.

[katinmn]

21. well, I'm calling them on it. Ignorance and naievity are no excuse

We pussyfoot around the issue too much.

[loritooker]

27. Yup. Its on our doorstep now.

[glitch]

15. It was worse in 2001. As another poster said, at this rate we may be proud

in about 100 years.

Edited to change 2000 to 2001. Sigh.

[foo_bar]

16. it was more glaringly obvious in 2001

when the Black Caucus was completely marooned, and Florida lost to disenfrachisement by a factor of 50-100x the margin of victory. Today's story is a little more ambiguous.

edit: Glitch beat me to it.

[glitch]

26. You're right - 2001. That whole period has merged into one horror show

for me.

[katinmn]

17. yes, that is the heart of the issue.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

18. i'm joining the Congressional Black Caucus Party..i am ashamed to be a dem

[GreenPartyVoter]

19. AmeriKKKan Apartheid lives on

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[OneBlueSky]

20. the other ugly head is that both parties . . .

are playing for the same corporate team . . . until we take corporate money out of politics, we'll never see any meaningful reform . . .

[GreenPartyVoter]

22. Sad but true

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[grasswire]

23. my uncle....

...was a prisoner of the Japanese and lost his leg on Corregidor so that black folk might vote as freely as members of his white family. He's not the only family member whose blood was spilled to protect the vote.

I'll be goddamned if I'll let this pass.

[dogindia]

24. and much more...CRIMINAL greed and fear

[catnhatnh]

25. Sorry but I disagree....

...the tactics were racist,BUT the strategy was theft....And ALL democrats were as fully disenfranchised as our collegues of color.Understand that republicans do not oppose BLACKS,but rather DEMOCRATS.Yes black and intercity areas were hardest hit but only because they were the ripest targets...as to GOP morals it matters not one whit which color they steal from,only the outcome,IMHO...