Comments on: Jim Crow’s Legacy: Anti-Felony Voting Law http://www.racismreview.com/blog/2008/11/19/jim-crow%e2%80%99s-legacy-anti-felony-voting-law/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:03:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Joe http://www.racismreview.com/blog/2008/11/19/jim-crow%e2%80%99s-legacy-anti-felony-voting-law/comment-page-1/#comment-5878 Joe Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:01:18 +0000 http://www.racismreview.com/blog/?p=891#comment-5878 Good question, Melissa. I think the data suggest clearly racist, emotion-laden actions in preventing felons from voting, esp. in the southern states where whites demonstrated in this election they are overwhelmingly fearful of a black candidate -- even as they face huge job and housing and health care losses. Racist framing is highly emotional, not just about cognitive stereotyping. Good question, Melissa. I think the data suggest clearly racist, emotion-laden actions in preventing felons from voting, esp. in the southern states where whites demonstrated in this election they are overwhelmingly fearful of a black candidate — even as they face huge job and housing and health care losses. Racist framing is highly emotional, not just about cognitive stereotyping.

]]> By: Melissa http://www.racismreview.com/blog/2008/11/19/jim-crow%e2%80%99s-legacy-anti-felony-voting-law/comment-page-1/#comment-5870 Melissa Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:24:23 +0000 http://www.racismreview.com/blog/?p=891#comment-5870 I still don't understand why felons can't vote and I don't understand how states can have such different laws about it. They are still citizens and are really directly affected by who is in power. I got the July/August issue of Mother Jones from the library recently and it discussed prisons. http://www.motherjones.com/toc/2008/07/index.html It gave me some interesting facts, such as 1 in 9 Black men between the ages of of 20 and 34 and 1 in 100 Americans, in general, are locked up. That's a lot of people to not allow to vote. I still don’t understand why felons can’t vote and I don’t understand how states can have such different laws about it. They are still citizens and are really directly affected by who is in power. I got the July/August issue of Mother Jones from the library recently and it discussed prisons.

http://www.motherjones.com/toc/2008/07/index.html

It gave me some interesting facts, such as 1 in 9 Black men between the ages of of 20 and 34 and 1 in 100 Americans, in general, are locked up. That’s a lot of people to not allow to vote.

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