3 ms·

This is too easy a criticism and the unhelpful form of cynicism. America also made efforts to recognize that those events counted as screwups and failures of t

This is too easy a criticism and the unhelpful form of cynicism. America also made efforts to recognize that those events counted as screwups and failures of their own value systems, and struggled against the forces that allowed such situations to happen. This isn’t to say they succeeded, or that these situations wouldn’t happen again. Its to say that theres a difference between pushing against the current, and flowing with it.

defrost 1y ago
Just as a heads up; the currents, for native americans, are flowing backwards at present: A member of Spirit Lake Nation was elected to North Dakota’s legislature for the first time last fall thanks to a redistricting lawsuit filed by Jackson-Street’s tribe, alongside the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa. The suit claimed that the districts drawn by North Dakota in 2021 violated the Voting Rights Act, and the tribes’ initial success in court triggered a new map and increased representation in 2024. But last month, a federal appeals court tossed out their victory and declared that only the federal government can sue over violations of the Voting Rights Act, a devastating blow to the ability of these tribes—and others in the region—to seek legal recourse. * https://boltsmag.org/voting-rights-act-natives-north-dakota/ https://boltsmag.org/voting-rights-act-natives-north-dakota/ * https://boltsmag.org/threats-to-voting-rights-act-section-2/ https://boltsmag.org/threats-to-voting-rights-act-section-2/ There are numerous other examples but an increased inability to complain about unfair and discrimmanatory voting practices highlights the present direction of 'progress'.
amazingamazing 1y ago
What exactly did America do undo these? Jim Crow for blacks and segregation? Redlining? Mass deportations (they started before Trump)? Patriot act (which still exists in partial form today)?

defrost 1y ago

Just as a heads up; the currents, for native americans, are flowing backwards at present: A member of Spirit Lake Nation was elected to North Dakota’s legislature for the first time last fall thanks to a redistricting lawsuit filed by Jackson-Street’s tribe, alongside the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa. The suit claimed that the districts drawn by North Dakota in 2021 violated the Voting Rights Act, and the tribes’ initial success in court triggered a new map and increased representation in 2024. But last month, a federal appeals court tossed out their victory and declared that only the federal government can sue over violations of the Voting Rights Act, a devastating blow to the ability of these tribes—and others in the region—to seek legal recourse. * https://boltsmag.org/voting-rights-act-natives-north-dakota/ https://boltsmag.org/voting-rights-act-natives-north-dakota/ * https://boltsmag.org/threats-to-voting-rights-act-section-2/ https://boltsmag.org/threats-to-voting-rights-act-section-2/ There are numerous other examples but an increased inability to complain about unfair and discrimmanatory voting practices highlights the present direction of 'progress'.

amazingamazing 1y ago

What exactly did America do undo these? Jim Crow for blacks and segregation? Redlining? Mass deportations (they started before Trump)? Patriot act (which still exists in partial form today)?