Voter Suppression? It Has Always Been About Race
A History Lesson in White Supremacy and Voter Suppression
We like to think of our country as a bastion of freedom. A shining “city on a hill” that casts out beacons of hope to all the lost and dispossessed souls across the world. Nothing promotes freedom more than the right to vote. And one of the myths we tell ourselves is that everyone has the right to vote. But do they? Have they ever?
Our history is one lon…
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