Voting Rights Under Fire: The Continuing Struggle For People Of Color (Racism In American Institutions)

Why does race play such a discursive role when it comes to the "right to vote"? Lawmakers are continuing to propose changes to voting rights policies that directly impact African Americans and the emerging Latino electorate. Ranging from issues like voter identification laws, accusations of voter fraud, and voting rights for convicted felons, this book provides an in-depth analysis regarding the various racial dimensions embedded in cases of public policy. By highlighting the origination and evolution of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, Voting Rights under Fire: The Continuing Struggle for People of Color demonstrates the still-prevalent issues around voting and people of color. Racism as an institutional factor in American voting and politics is clear. Voter ID laws have targeted perceived voter fraud, but there is no real fraud to speak of and hence these anti-voting measures serve to take us back to the period before the advent of the Voting Rights Act when people of color, especially black people, could not vote. 9781440832475 1440832471 0 Social Science NOT_MATURE http://books.google.com/books/content?id=TtHCEAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=5&source=gbs_api en

• • Author: Donathan L. Brown, Michael L. Clemons
• • Publisher: Praeger
• • Publication Date: May 26, 2015
• • Number of Pages: 240 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Hardcover
• • ISBN-10: 1440832471
• • ISBN-13: 9781440832475