Decades ago, the weapon of choice against Black America included a red pencil used to map out neighborhoods deemed unworthy of investment, a subprime lending blueprint, and many other highly-organized traps plotted out years in advance that are still just as effective generations later. Today, not much has changed, as critics slam the Trump administration for using the federal government to do its bidding.
On Thursday (July 2), the New York Times detailed all the ways President Donald Trump is actively tipping the scales in his favor, conveniently just ahead of the November midterm elections.
But for Black and brown Americans, this reported agenda translates directly into a squeeze on municipal jobs, efforts to nationalize elections, and targeted voting redistricting designed to systematically fracture minority voting power.
To truly understand the depth of this strategy, you have to look past the rhetoric and look at the precision targeting of our livelihoods.
Source: How Trump’s Midterm Strategy is Hitting Black and Brown Communities Hardest
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