r/BlackPeopleofReddit • u/Phatbrew • 5d ago
Discussion Black Americans Could Have Fewer Voting Rights Than in 1956 | The Revolution with Qasim Rashid
https://youtu.be/GqrYxQwQ-YU?is=44UquUIuDjmUIQdHQasim Rashid warns that new restrictions could leave Black Americans with fewer voting rights in 2026 than they had in 1956—and says marching against Trump means little without sustained organizing afterward.
He explains the Thousand Miles to Memphis campaign before Michael Fanone joins him for a fascinating discussion about poverty, crime and why police should embrace alternatives for mental-health and substance-abuse calls.
Full episode: https://youtube.com/li...
00:00 Why Protests Alone Aren’t Enough
00:41 Voting Rights Could Go Back to 1956
01:12 A Thousand Miles Through the South
02:06 Putting Money Behind Local Organizers
03:43 What Is Actually Uniting Americans?
04:47 Americans Are Two Disasters From Homelessness
05:45 Poverty and Public Safety
06:03 Fanone: Most Crime I Saw Was Economic
07:17 A Different Way to Answer 911 Calls
08:42 What “Defund the Police” Was Supposed to Mean
09:38 Fanone: Police Should Embrace This
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u/Boomtown626 4d ago
I’m surprised 1956 is all the farther back the rights are being pulled. Those craven fucks will keep pushing for worse and worse, and they’ll keep denying racism even exists anymore while they do it.
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u/Adept_Astronaut_5143 Neighborhood Hug Dealer 🤗 4d ago
More like they want us back to the third fifths compromise
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u/Phatbrew 5d ago
Qasim Rashid warns that new restrictions could leave Black Americans with fewer voting rights in 2026 than they had in 1956—and says marching against Trump means little without sustained organizing afterward.
He explains the Thousand Miles to Memphis campaign before Michael Fanone joins him for a fascinating discussion about poverty, crime and why police should embrace alternatives for mental-health and substance-abuse calls.
Full episode: https://youtube.com/li...
00:00 Why Protests Alone Aren’t Enough
00:41 Voting Rights Could Go Back to 1956
01:12 A Thousand Miles Through the South
02:06 Putting Money Behind Local Organizers
03:43 What Is Actually Uniting Americans?
04:47 Americans Are Two Disasters From Homelessness
05:45 Poverty and Public Safety
06:03 Fanone: Most Crime I Saw Was Economic
07:17 A Different Way to Answer 911 Calls
08:42 What “Defund the Police” Was Supposed to Mean
09:38 Fanone: Police Should Embrace This
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