Comments on: The N-Word and The Voting Rights Act http://everythingimnot.wordpress.com/2008/02/17/the-n-word-and-the-voting-rights-act/ Made Me Everything I Am Thu, 27 Aug 2009 12:41:35 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: everythingimnot http://everythingimnot.wordpress.com/2008/02/17/the-n-word-and-the-voting-rights-act/#comment-21 everythingimnot Sun, 17 Feb 2008 16:05:26 +0000 http://everythingimnot.wordpress.com/?p=19#comment-21 And I don't mean inflame people to call out the law and make a big fuss, just to get the law revised cause that is what Nas is really calling for is a revision so it no longer needs to be discussed and voted on. And I don’t mean inflame people to call out the law and make a big fuss, just to get the law revised cause that is what Nas is really calling for is a revision so it no longer needs to be discussed and voted on.

]]> By: everythingimnot http://everythingimnot.wordpress.com/2008/02/17/the-n-word-and-the-voting-rights-act/#comment-20 everythingimnot Sun, 17 Feb 2008 15:46:53 +0000 http://everythingimnot.wordpress.com/?p=19#comment-20 I can agree with you on that, I mean it would probably cause some issues for black people but I think it would hurt new immigrants and people like that more than anything from what I read just because many of them aren't familiar with the language when they first become part of the country. It's more the fact that they even still have to discuss a law like that, nobody should have to discuss it, it should be a given and I think that is what Nas really wants to point out but at the same time he does want to inflame people and he wants to promote an album so I think it is a smart move because it gets people involved in what they are listening to without dumbing anything down. I can agree with you on that, I mean it would probably cause some issues for black people but I think it would hurt new immigrants and people like that more than anything from what I read just because many of them aren’t familiar with the language when they first become part of the country.

It’s more the fact that they even still have to discuss a law like that, nobody should have to discuss it, it should be a given and I think that is what Nas really wants to point out but at the same time he does want to inflame people and he wants to promote an album so I think it is a smart move because it gets people involved in what they are listening to without dumbing anything down.

]]> By: Sonic Charmer http://everythingimnot.wordpress.com/2008/02/17/the-n-word-and-the-voting-rights-act/#comment-19 Sonic Charmer Sun, 17 Feb 2008 15:25:40 +0000 http://everythingimnot.wordpress.com/?p=19#comment-19 I understand all that, but nevertheless it's just not as significant as you/Nas were making it seem. Even if the Act weren't renewed someday, there's just no way "blacks wouldn’t be able to vote" is an accurate description of what would happen. Hyperbole like that doesn't help anything. I understand all that, but nevertheless it’s just not as significant as you/Nas were making it seem. Even if the Act weren’t renewed someday, there’s just no way “blacks wouldn’t be able to vote” is an accurate description of what would happen. Hyperbole like that doesn’t help anything.

]]> By: everythingimnot http://everythingimnot.wordpress.com/2008/02/17/the-n-word-and-the-voting-rights-act/#comment-18 everythingimnot Sun, 17 Feb 2008 15:25:14 +0000 http://everythingimnot.wordpress.com/?p=19#comment-18 Normally I would probably be in almost total agreement with you but you have to realize that our nation is still struggling with racism which clarifies the choice of album title for Nas and brings the president to have to talk to the press just this past week about how nooses are being displayed all over the country still. Normally I would probably be in almost total agreement with you but you have to realize that our nation is still struggling with racism which clarifies the choice of album title for Nas and brings the president to have to talk to the press just this past week about how nooses are being displayed all over the country still.

]]> By: everythingimnot http://everythingimnot.wordpress.com/2008/02/17/the-n-word-and-the-voting-rights-act/#comment-17 everythingimnot Sun, 17 Feb 2008 15:19:36 +0000 http://everythingimnot.wordpress.com/?p=19#comment-17 There are also little things in this acts that would prohibit minorities from voting if you listen to the audio and read into the law. Also, this law states that ballots have to be printed in different languages to adjust to people who haven't quite learned the english language yet and that would single out a great number of people of many nationalities. There is also leeway for the states in this law to where they can be excused from the watch of the federal government and practice how they want to unchecked unless somebody reports and injustice. Reading into it also tells you that there is no federal right stating that voting is an explicit right of the people. Nas' point is that they shouldn't have to battle against former injustices in this century and that this shouldn't even be discussed if a minority should have problems trying to vote or not. There are also little things in this acts that would prohibit minorities from voting if you listen to the audio and read into the law. Also, this law states that ballots have to be printed in different languages to adjust to people who haven’t quite learned the english language yet and that would single out a great number of people of many nationalities.

There is also leeway for the states in this law to where they can be excused from the watch of the federal government and practice how they want to unchecked unless somebody reports and injustice. Reading into it also tells you that there is no federal right stating that voting is an explicit right of the people.

Nas’ point is that they shouldn’t have to battle against former injustices in this century and that this shouldn’t even be discussed if a minority should have problems trying to vote or not.

]]> By: Sonic Charmer http://everythingimnot.wordpress.com/2008/02/17/the-n-word-and-the-voting-rights-act/#comment-16 Sonic Charmer Sun, 17 Feb 2008 14:46:11 +0000 http://everythingimnot.wordpress.com/?p=19#comment-16 I think there's a misconception on your and/or Nas's part; the Voting Rights Act didn't somehow give blacks the right to vote. It's not as if blacks didn't vote at all before 1965. It outlawed literacy tests and such that were being used in the South as a backdoor method to reduce the # of black votes. Unless you think (1) Southern states would try to re-introduce literacy tests if they could and (2) most blacks are illiterate and would thus fail, the 1965 Voting Rights Act probably has very little effect on how many blacks can vote at present. Its main use now is probably so that politicians can pose as being friends to blacks by showing how much they "support" it, by "renewing" it, etc - it's a cheap bone to throw. But what theoretically secured blacks' right to vote was the 15th Amendment to the Constitution, ratified in 1870, and it's not going to expire, whatever Nas says :) I think there’s a misconception on your and/or Nas’s part; the Voting Rights Act didn’t somehow give blacks the right to vote. It’s not as if blacks didn’t vote at all before 1965. It outlawed literacy tests and such that were being used in the South as a backdoor method to reduce the # of black votes. Unless you think (1) Southern states would try to re-introduce literacy tests if they could and (2) most blacks are illiterate and would thus fail, the 1965 Voting Rights Act probably has very little effect on how many blacks can vote at present. Its main use now is probably so that politicians can pose as being friends to blacks by showing how much they “support” it, by “renewing” it, etc – it’s a cheap bone to throw. But what theoretically secured blacks’ right to vote was the 15th Amendment to the Constitution, ratified in 1870, and it’s not going to expire, whatever Nas says :)

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