Just who qualifies as a racist?
If you push policies that are designed to perpetuate injustice toward "the other" in order to both benefit your benefactors and appeal to the prejudices of those you want to vote for you
Regardless of your friendships with a handful of persons of color who share your perverse vision of society
You're a racist in my book.
Ye shall know them by their fetid fruits.
Thanks for writing such a thorough piece on the right's push to get anti-union legislation passed across the nation -- such as the right to work laws. I'm from Texas, so I know what this has done to my state. I'm also a member of the National Writers Union, and we follow issues like this. All workers, writers included, have a stake in what happens to the push back against unions. My colleagues will be following this Supreme Court decision closely. By the way, I found your article on the At-Large National Writers Union website. We'll continue to link your articles to our site. Thanks!!
Sandra Campbell
http://nwuat-large.org/
Brendan Fischer's article is one of the clearest, most informative and best written on the topic of ALEC and that organization's pursuits of incarcerating for profit. Minorities are/have been specifically targeted nationwide for incarceration - mostly due to disparate drug related legislation. Most of those incarcerated lose their right to vote permanently in many states. Those members of minorities that are able to avoid incarceration have been subsequently subjected to voter suppression legislation to reduce their numbers at the polls.
The fact that ALEC is responsible for all the legislation related to increasing criminal justice pursuits, incarceration and lengthening sentences...and for drafting the voter suppression and voter ID legislation now washing over every state, is the important part of this story about Wisconsin and Walker. Without the existence of ALEC to draft, adopt and send the legislation sought by their corporate members to every statehouse, most of the terrible conservative based agenda such as Truth In Sentencing and Three Strikes, would not be possible. Nor would the current flood of legislation designed and intended to suppress the ability of minorities to vote.
Again, great article and expose.
Really another Center for blah, blah, blah...How many "Policy Centers" does this country need for God's sake? Just another windbag with zero solutions. No better than the politicos you regularly chastise. Go volunteer at your local soup kitchen and get a grip on reality, Steve.
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