without which, the grievance industry dies.
Racism has been very good for the likes of Al Sharpton. The irreverend is said to be worth a cool $5 million, what with his gig on cable news MS Now. Al’s National Action Network is but one of the multitudinous grievance arms dealers in the civil rights industrial complex.
But singing “We Shall Overcome” 59 years after Father Groppi’s march over Milwaukee’s 16th Street Viaduct is a tougher sell than MAGA caps in Tehran. It’s why Madison’s Independent police monitor must tease out statistics until they cry “uncle” before professing to detect a picocurie of racism. Yet, try they must, for racism must not be allowed to wither away. Too much politics is at stake!
This week, outfits ranging from the NAACP to the Southern Poverty Law Center (which helped finance the Charlottesville riot) are treating the latest U.S. Supreme Court decision like the extinction event it is.
The Cliff’s Notes version of Louisiana v Callais holds that, six decades after passage of LBJ’s Voting Rights Act, congressional districts should no longer be gerrymandered by race — which the Founders never countenanced in the first place. When you think about it, packing voters to assure a “safe” black legislative district creates an equally “safe” white seat. Ask why James Clyburn is the one black man in a congressional delegation amid six white Republicans — in a state that elected Tim Scott a U.S. Senator.
Because it’s the Democrat(ic) party that stands to lose, not black voters.
→ “A generational and structural shift is decoupling black identity from Democratic party loyalty.” — Axios
Progressive skies are always falling
“We lost one of the last seatbelts of our democracy,” wailed the executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana. “Racist and fascist,” sputtered Stacey Abrams, proving once the wisdom of Georgia’s electorate. (Sources here.) A law professor acceptable to Rachel Maddow likened Louisiana v Callais to the Dred Scott decision of 1857.
Madison’s John Nichols assures panicked progressives that “southern Republicans … moved immediately to eliminate congressional districts that elect black Democrats.” We don’t think U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) need worry.
The Voting Rights Act was intended to ensure ballot access, not to ensure the election of black Democrats. — Jason L. Riley, “Good riddance to racial gerrymandering”
Maybe Republicans vote content of character, not skin tone. (Well, it’s possible!) Sen. Julian Bradley represents outdoor-grilling Wisconsin suburbs like New Berlin, Muskego, and Mukwonago. State Sen. Rachael Cabral-Guevera represents a rural district encompassing deer stand and fish hook communities like Wautoma, Waupaca, and Weyauwega. Guess what? They’re both Republicans! She is the majority caucus vice chair.
Blaska’s Bottom Line: Without victims, the party’s mission statement goes blank. Democrats tell women and people of minority race they are too stupid for voter I.D.
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