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[https://unidosus.org/blog/2021/09/16/the-racist-history-of-the-voter-suppression-laws/ by Julissa Arce 16/9/21 UNIDOS US Blog] | [https://unidosus.org/blog/2021/09/16/the-racist-history-of-the-voter-suppression-laws/ by Julissa Arce 16/9/21 UNIDOS US Blog] | ||
These voter suppression tactics continue a long legacy of efforts to silence us at the polls. Let’s expose the structurally racist roots of voting policies. As far back as 1909, the Arizona territory enacted a law that made speaking English a prerequisite to register to vote and run for office. The Arizona Rangers were then created to enforce this law and terrorize Latinos in the region. Today, Arizona’s Constitution still has a provision that mandates one’s ability to “read, write, speak, and understand the English language sufficiently well” in order to hold public office. | These voter suppression tactics continue a long legacy of efforts to silence us at the polls. Let’s expose the structurally racist roots of voting policies. As far back as 1909, the Arizona territory enacted a law that made speaking English a prerequisite to register to vote and run for office. The Arizona Rangers were then created to enforce this law and terrorize Latinos in the region. Today, Arizona’s Constitution still has a provision that mandates one’s ability to “read, write, speak, and understand the English language sufficiently well” in order to hold public office. | ||
=====ACLU History: Uprooting Racism in the South===== | |||
[https://www.aclu.org/documents/aclu-history-uprooting-racism-south by ACLU 1/9/10] | |||
In the 1960s, the fight for racial justice took on new life as the battleground moved to the Deep South. The emerging leadership of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. focused national attention on the segregation and suppression of blacks in the South, while the ACLU and other advocates became increasingly energized to help the growing civil rights movement. Sit-ins protesting segregation at lunch counters and other public accommodations abounded. | |||
