Anti-racist educator Tim Wise has flat out accused White Conservatives in many states of using voting district gerrymandering and useless voter ID laws to steal the presidential election.
“There are some definite attempts to steal this election, whether it’s for Donald Trump or whomever else, by making it really, really hard for working class folks, particularly people of color and younger folks, to vote. So as long as the left is good at galvanizing those people, I don’t think that will work, but I wouldn’t take anything for granted in this country.”
Far more disturbing is Wise’s assertion that Trump may not have yet peaked in the polls, and that many white voters are not publicly admitting to favoring Trump, “Because they knew, at some level, it was something wrong.”
A special note to those friends and friends of friends who support laws which deter voters:
“If you have a racist friend, now is the time, now is the time for your friendship to end…. And if you’re a racist, don’t pretend to be my friend.” – The Specials (from their song Racist Friend)
Thanks to Dennis Hill for this great Tim Wise interview, which we all may have missed otherwise.
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