Re: OT: American politics - can someone explain to an outsider?


<gfretwell@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Some states do deny the franchise to convicted felons.

That in and of itself is clearly non democratic. And it was designed to
disenfranchise blacks.

That is about as racist a statement as I have heard for a while. Are
you trying to say blacks are predisposed to be criminals?

No. The only 'qualifying' offences were those most likely to be committed by
blacks. Those most likely to be committed by whites did not call for
disenfranchisement.

http://www.advancementproject.org/pd/vrr/resources.htm

Perhaps you
need to find some statistics about the racial makeup of "ex felons".
There are a lot more whites than blacks.

Perhaps you should learn your own history.

"This plan [which included felony disenfranchisement laws] will eliminate
the darkey as a political factor in this State in less than 5 years, so that
in no single county.will there be the least concern felt for the complete
supremacy of the white race in the affairs of government."

Carter Glass, Delegate - Virginia Constitutional Convention 1901-02



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