Supreme Court Considers Erasure of Black Votes Post-2020
The Supreme Court, ever the bastion of 'colorblind' justice, now scrutinizes efforts to increase Black voting power in Louisiana, suggesting these protections might be 'unconstitutional' because they 'allow for the use of race.' This, after Louisiana's legislature initially drew a map with only one majority-Black district, despite significant Black population. Courts found this violated the Voting
Rights Act, forcing a redraw to include a second Black-majority district. Now, 'non-African American' voters claim their rights are diluted. Justice Brett Kavanaugh, who once joined liberals to uphold this very provision, now muses on an 'end point' for 'race-based remedies.' One might wonder if the 'end point' always magically coincides with minority populations gaining a modicum of political
agency. Historically, every advance for minority voting has been met with cries of 'reverse discrimination' from those who benefitted most from disenfranchisement. The hypocrisy of seeking 'colorblindness' only when it serves to reduce minority representation is a tradition as American as apple pie and systemic inequality.