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Stuart Attewell (Paris, Fr)'s avatar

Going on for 3 generations........ if not 4 centuries

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Bryan Sean McKown's avatar

Correct. 3/5ths of a person to the 'Southern strategy' to election deniers to sedition.

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Romeo's avatar

I never knew that until recently . At the same time white men who were allowed to Vote, lots of them signed with an X.So many couldn’t read or write. Not even their own name.

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Bryan Sean McKown's avatar

Fast forward to July 1, 2022 in the 5-way House Primary in Wyoming, the Election Denier leads by 30 points; Liz Cheney tells the voters:"The truth matters".

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Ally House (Oregon)'s avatar

I think both are true; in the immediate case (and as articulated by LBJ), easily 3 generations as the 4th comes to voting age. In practice, over four centuries, especially when you fold in the second edge of the sword that created America as a dominant country in a short amount of time, that of Indigenous Genocide as it coupled with Black enslavement.

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Michele's avatar

the latter.

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