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The Votes of Black Americans Should Count Twice
The Nation ^ | December 17, 2020 | Brandon Hasbrouck

Posted on 12/19/2020 10:59:43 AM PST by Trump20162020

Vote reparations would empower us to replace oppressive institutions with life-affirming structures of equality.

Black votes in this country are worth less than white votes. Joe Biden won the Electoral College because Black voters in Atlanta, Detroit, Milwaukee, and Philadelphia turned out in significant numbers. But even with overwhelming Black support—94 percent of Detroit voted for Biden!—the outcomes in Georgia, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania were worryingly close.

One core problem is the Electoral College. Wyoming, which has just 580,000 residents and is 93 percent white, gets three electors because of its two senators and one representative in the House. By comparison, Georgia’s Fifth Congressional District—which includes Atlanta, has 710,000 residents, and is 58 percent Black—has no dedicated electors or senators and can only occasionally overcome the mostly white and conservative votes from elsewhere in the state. This devaluation of Black votes allows our political system to ignore Black lives, and the consequences are devastating. Unequal representation has led to unequal health care outcomes, which the Covid-19 pandemic has only worsened. Without sufficient voting power, Black communities receive substandard education, and politicians are free to appoint judges who sanction mass incarceration, abusive policing, and electoral disenfranchisement.

(Excerpt) Read more at thenation.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Editorial; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: black; blacknationalist; blacks; brandonhasbrouck; civilrights; discrimination; racist; reparations
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1 posted on 12/19/2020 10:59:43 AM PST by Trump20162020
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To: Trump20162020
Entitlement ?
Reparations ?

Absolute B.S. !!

2 posted on 12/19/2020 11:01:23 AM PST by Tilted Irish Kilt
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To: Trump20162020
They counted more than twice in Atlanta, Philadelphia, Detroit and Milwaukee this year.

This idea can only be described as race-based Marxism.

3 posted on 12/19/2020 11:02:00 AM PST by Kazan
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To: Trump20162020

The DemoNazis already count them twice. How else could Biden win?


4 posted on 12/19/2020 11:02:31 AM PST by Blood of Tyrants (If the meanings in the Constitution can change, why did they bother writing it down?)
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To: Trump20162020

In some areas they are already getting more than 2 votes.


5 posted on 12/19/2020 11:02:50 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Who built the cages, Joe?)
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To: Trump20162020

Consider the Communist source.


6 posted on 12/19/2020 11:02:59 AM PST by Bernard Marx
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To: Trump20162020

There’s a count twice for idiots like him also.
It’s called “double tap”.

Just try it, buttwipe.


7 posted on 12/19/2020 11:03:01 AM PST by Da Coyote
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To: Kazan

No they didn’t.

The black votes for Trump were erased many times over.


8 posted on 12/19/2020 11:03:12 AM PST by reasonisfaith (What are the implications if the Resurrection of Christ is a true event in history?)
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To: Trump20162020

Brandon, you are a racist.

And a particularly ugly one at that.


9 posted on 12/19/2020 11:03:28 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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>> Without sufficient voting power, Black communities receive substandard education

In Houston the battle is between Black and Brown to run the school district and neither of those sides likes the other side.

#SystemicRacism


10 posted on 12/19/2020 11:04:54 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Who built the cages, Joe?)
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To: Trump20162020

Been counting 10x in many cities for 70+ years


11 posted on 12/19/2020 11:05:05 AM PST by rigelkentaurus
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To: Trump20162020

The ironic part is that if the black community hadn’t allowed democrats such as Biden to con them into aborting over half of their babies, there would have been a lot more of them to vote in 2020.


12 posted on 12/19/2020 11:05:57 AM PST by TwelveOfTwenty (Prayers for our country and President Trump)
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“Black votes in this country are worth less than white votes.”

That’s all you need to read...

Such ignorance. Thanks to four generations of government controlled public education.


13 posted on 12/19/2020 11:06:37 AM PST by PubliusMM (RKBA; a matter of fact, not opinion. Mr Trump, we've got your six.)
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To: Trump20162020
When I hear this argument from urban people, I ask "why do you look to the Federal government to solve your local problems? Local problems should be solved at the city/town level first, then the county level next, and the State level as a last resort." One's vote takes on more weight when there are fewer votes.

The instance of "making it a Federal case" is just wrong.

14 posted on 12/19/2020 11:06:45 AM PST by asinclair (Political hot air is a renewable energy resource)
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To: Trump20162020
Let's see. In this election, Biden votes were worth 1.25

and

Trump votes were worth .75

So, there's that.

15 posted on 12/19/2020 11:06:47 AM PST by Slyfox (Not my circus, not my monkeys )
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To: Trump20162020

I am so sick of no one ever mentioning that this nation is made up of mostly whites. So of course there is imbalance (not inequality) because blacks make up about 13% of the population. NO one ever mentions the majority of whites when they whine about blacks getting special treatment.


16 posted on 12/19/2020 11:07:02 AM PST by A Navy Vet (I'm not Islamophobic - I'm Islamo nauseated. Also LGBTQxyz nauseated )
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To: Trump20162020

The stupid is strong with this one.


17 posted on 12/19/2020 11:07:22 AM PST by ealgeone
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To: Trump20162020

“94% of Detroit voted for Biden, some of them even are alive.


18 posted on 12/19/2020 11:07:56 AM PST by exnavy
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To: Trump20162020

Biden was so popular that people came back from the dead to vote for him. So popular that in many places over 100% of the voters came out to vote for our new utopia which starts in year zero!


19 posted on 12/19/2020 11:08:20 AM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: Trump20162020
Black communities receive substandard education, and politicians are free to appoint judges who sanction mass incarceration, abusive policing, and electoral disenfranchisement.

A question from the back of The FEMA Re-education camp?

Just out of curiosity, who has been governing those communities?

I'll see myself to the delousing shower and take my answer over the loudspeaker.

20 posted on 12/19/2020 11:08:33 AM PST by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, demonicRATS would have no standards at all.)
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