r/politics • u/Antinatalista Foreign • Dec 13 '17

Black voters just saved America from Roy Moore

https://thinkprogress.org/back-vote-alabama-jones-8da18c1d8d7a/
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u/delorean225 Dec 13 '17

I mean, black men got the vote before women did...

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u/sometimeserin Dec 13 '17 edited Dec 13 '17

constitutionally yes but in practice not really

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u/LadyMichelle00 Dec 13 '17

Can you clarify please?

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u/Magyman Dec 13 '17

I'd assume stuff like literacy tests.

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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '17

Literacy tests, black votes didn’t count as full votes, harassment at voting centers, etc. IIRC, one of the main reasons the KKK gained traction was because of blacks receiving rights. The law (begrudgingly, it was more of a political power move) stated that black men could vote legally, but much of society saw it as unacceptable that lesser humans be treated equally.

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u/CptnLarsMcGillicutty Dec 13 '17

the differences between black people and white people are much smaller than the differences between men and women.

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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '17

Physiologically? Yeah. Socially and culturally? Two different planets.

When it comes down to it, humans really aren’t that different. Culture and social geography really sets people apart.

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u/badkarmabum Dec 13 '17

I disagree. I have far more in common with black men than white women. Mainstream feminism has historically silenced black women while they were often leaders in black movements. The race wage gap is far larger than the gender gap. And black men have far more incentive to greatly alter the status quo.

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u/Ultraballer Dec 13 '17

You have to understand that there is 0 evidence that will support this claim right? We are incapable of testing nature vs buried arguments, and so it’s silly to make such bold claims with no evidence