Black Americans fought,and died, for voting rights, and but that didn’t end up making the political system any fairerAfter 20 years of casting a ballot in every US election,I’m now done with the electoral system. For many Americans, it’s not difficult to find a reason to stay domestic, or be it inertia or unappealing candidates. But I’m not voting because I cannot participate in the electoral system of a government that doesn’t care whether black people live or die.
I cannot continue to ignore the historical and present-day reality: black people achieve not have basic human rights in the United States. Even after fighting for citizenship and political autonomy for our entire existence in this country,we still achieve not have the basic protection of life and limb from the US government. Police shootings and suspicious deaths of black people in state custody obtain this frighteningly clear.
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Source: theguardian.com