How Voter ID Laws Explain Structural Racism | Decoded | MTV News

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Voter ID Laws may seem like a good idea, but they’re actually pretty terrible! On the surface, these laws appear to be a reasonable way to stop people from pretending to be someone else when they vote. But the reality is that this kind of voter fraud almost never happens!!! Instead Voter ID Laws primarily prevent the poor, the elderly, and people of color from voting. They way they’ve disenfranchised people of color is part of a very long history of voter suppression and is a classic example of structural racism. On this episode of Decoded, we show just how this systematic oppression works!

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Sources:
How To Vote In Every State:    / @howtovoteineverystate  
New ID Laws:
http://www.ncsl.org/research/election...
Voter Fraud Rarely Happens:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/t...
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/...
Why It’s Not About Fraud:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/art...
Don Yelton:
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/gop-chair-...
NC Voter ID Laws:
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/30/opi...
Black Voting Rights:
http://www.history.com/topics/black-h...
1965 Voting Rights Act:
https://www.justice.gov/crt/history-f...
Shelby Vs. Holder:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/t...
RGB:
https://mic.com/articles/51041/justic...

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