Sounds About White

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Chronicling the overtly racist acts of bigoted whites against minorities, women and the LGBTQ+ community.

If something makes you say, "Oh, sounds about white," it probably belongs here.

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Trump rally interviewer backpedals after man calls to "kill them all" (www.newsweek.com)
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Ron DeSantis sued over bid to restrict voting rights for people with past convictions (www.theguardian.com)
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A voting rights group in Florida filed a lawsuit against the rightwing governor and presidential candidate Ron DeSantis, saying his administration created a maze of bureaucratic and sometimes violent obstacles to discourage formerly incarcerated citizens from exercising their right to vote.

Florida voters in 2018 overwhelmingly passed a constitutional referendum, called amendment 4, that lifted the state’s lifetime voting ban for people with felony convictions.

Yet what ensued in the years since 2018 was an aggressive campaign, led by DeSantis, to sow confusion and fear among formerly incarcerated people. The Florida Rights Restoration Coalition (FRRC), which championed amendment 4, said state officials have continued to disenfranchise 1.4 million Florida residents – roughly a quarter of the state’s eligible Black voters.

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The Onion takes the shot and hits hard. (i.redd.it)
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Let's be real, that's probably what actually happened

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DeSantis doubles down on claim that some Blacks benefited from slavery (www.washingtonpost.com)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/2008357

GOP presidential candidate draws renewed criticism after suggesting slavery helped African Americans develop skills such as being a blacksmith

Archive link: https://archive.ph/JX8Gb

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Alabama Legislative Committee Advances Map That Ignores SCOTUS Ruling, Again Diluting Black Power (talkingpointsmemo.com)
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“It is critical that Alabama be fairly and accurately represented in Washington,” Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey (R) said as she called the legislature back for a special session. “Our legislature knows our state better than the federal courts do.”

So they can ignore the Supreme Court whenever they want to, but everyone else has to accept their rights being taken away 🤦

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Oklahoma judge throws out a suit seeking reparations for the Tulsa Race Massacre (www.npr.org)
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Local judicial elections in Oklahoma are technically nonpartisan, but Wall has described herself as a "Constitutional Conservative" in past campaign questionnaires.

🙄 Sounds about white alright

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A Black Man Was Elected Mayor in Rural Alabama, but the White Town Leaders Won’t Let Him Serve (capitalbnews.org)
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If anyone can explain how a fifth of a third of a quarter of this shit is even legal, I'd love to hear it.