Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
General Discussion
Showing Original Post only (View all)What would happen if say several African American males showed up in the most white geographic [View all]
voting election and challenge the voting status of White People.
Think about it, these Voting Activists aligned with the Tea Party are going to African American voting areas and stand their watching people vote. It's intimidating, especially when they show up when the older folks come to vote. These folks remember voting intimidating, and Jim Crow and all sorts of voting suppression aimed at the African American community.
I have been wondering about this since I was coordinating voting workers when i was an officer of the democratic party here in the Cleveland Area...
InfoView thread info, including edit history
TrashPut this thread in your Trash Can (My DU » Trash Can)
BookmarkAdd this thread to your Bookmarks (My DU » Bookmarks)
50 replies, 8812 views
ShareGet links to this post and/or share on social media
AlertAlert this post for a rule violation
PowersThere are no powers you can use on this post
EditCannot edit other people's posts
ReplyReply to this post
EditCannot edit other people's posts
Rec (33)
ReplyReply to this post
50 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight:
NoneDon't highlight anything
5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
What would happen if say several African American males showed up in the most white geographic [View all]
WCGreen
Aug 2012
OP
not only was it an aa neighborhood, the polling site was in low-income housing & one of the two guys
HiPointDem
Aug 2012
#48
strange that you cared enough to argue the point for a moment, though. don't know about you,
HiPointDem
Aug 2012
#50
Did the people in those photos challenge the voting status of white people?
Cali_Democrat
Aug 2012
#8
one was a certified poll watcher. the one with the nightstick was escorted off the premises
HiPointDem
Aug 2012
#46
That Fox Noise would stoop to that level of dishonesty should not surprise anyone.
Zalatix
Aug 2012
#34
Worked a couple of polls out there in Ward 1, handing out the slate to voters....
WCGreen
Aug 2012
#29
I'm a white Tommy Chong look-a-like and I'm thinking of doing that at MY polling place.
HopeHoops
Aug 2012
#28