Racism is felt daily by those who are non-white. The Supreme Court (and Thomas's vote on Voting Rights effectively allows people to be prevented from voting - with the Supreme Court's approval.)
It appalls me that you, a black man raised in Jim Crow's South, could
rule parts of the Voting Rights Act unconstitutional. De-legitimizing
Section 4 of the VRA dismantles the entire legislation. That gives
policymakers and the Justice Department no legal authority to enforce
Section 5, the core of the document.
In our America, a (black) cashier at McDonald's cannot also be a Princeton
undergraduate. I am instead the welfare queen; you are the dope boy. I'm
the baby momma; you're the thug. You're the high school drop out. You
are the man destined for prison. You are the one who knows no better but
to be violent. You will kill, you will steal, you will lie, and you
will cheat. And when you do, America will say, "I told you they were all
like that."
http://www.policymic.com/articles/51093/an-open-letter-to-the-only-black-supreme-court-justice-from-an-angry-black-woman
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