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Alabama never updated parts of their constitution to remove it as they kept losing federal court cases. It just became unenforceable. For example their constit

Alabama never updated parts of their constitution to remove it as they kept losing federal court cases. It just became unenforceable. For example their constitution still contains language for school segregation and removing voting rights for interracial marriages. Even when they did make updates. It was in the form of amendments which increase the overall length. Eg, the amendment that lets women vote.

danielscrubs 6y ago
As a foreigner, can you explain why to me? Wouldn’t politicians score easy (and good!) points by removing those parts?
- ABeeSea 6y ago
  Not in Alabama. There’s a reason the federal government had to use the national guard to force Alabama to follow Brown v Board of Education and let minorities attend the state college. This was in 1963, less than 60 years ago. It’s not like the racist people in the state suddenly stopped being racist just because the federal Government force them to change their most egregious laws. The latest election, however, the voters did approve to start the process to investigate removing racist language from their constitution. >in a symbolic attempt to keep his inaugural promise of "segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever" and stop the desegregation of schools, stood at the door of the auditorium to try to block the entry of two African American students: Vivian Malone and James Hood.[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stand_in_the_Schoolhouse_Door https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stand_in_the_Schoolhouse_Doo... > With more than 1.7 million votes cast, the amendment passed with 67% support. That means more than 585,000 people voted against it. The ballot didn’t mention race, and some voters might not have even known what the amendment involved. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/alabama-approves-bid-to-cut-racist-phrases-from-states-constitution https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/alabama-approves-bid-t...
  - danielscrubs 6y ago
    One more question, do you think it’s like this in every major white country or do you think US dropped the ball on this one? I’m curious about how Americans see the world. I won’t have any follow up comments, I promise.

danielscrubs 6y ago

As a foreigner, can you explain why to me? Wouldn’t politicians score easy (and good!) points by removing those parts?

ABeeSea 6y ago
Not in Alabama. There’s a reason the federal government had to use the national guard to force Alabama to follow Brown v Board of Education and let minorities attend the state college. This was in 1963, less than 60 years ago. It’s not like the racist people in the state suddenly stopped being racist just because the federal Government force them to change their most egregious laws. The latest election, however, the voters did approve to start the process to investigate removing racist language from their constitution. >in a symbolic attempt to keep his inaugural promise of "segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever" and stop the desegregation of schools, stood at the door of the auditorium to try to block the entry of two African American students: Vivian Malone and James Hood.[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stand_in_the_Schoolhouse_Door https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stand_in_the_Schoolhouse_Doo... > With more than 1.7 million votes cast, the amendment passed with 67% support. That means more than 585,000 people voted against it. The ballot didn’t mention race, and some voters might not have even known what the amendment involved. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/alabama-approves-bid-to-cut-racist-phrases-from-states-constitution https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/alabama-approves-bid-t...
- danielscrubs 6y ago
  One more question, do you think it’s like this in every major white country or do you think US dropped the ball on this one? I’m curious about how Americans see the world. I won’t have any follow up comments, I promise.