Collateral Damage: Part II

Sounds Like Hate

Southern Poverty Law Center

Documentary, Society & Culture, News, True Crime, News Commentary

4.6 • 688 Ratings

🗓️ 2 November 2021

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

In Florida, many people who have previously been incarcerated have had their right to vote taken away by discriminatory legislative measures. In this episode, we meet some of these people who have served their sentenced time and simply want their rights back – and are bravely fighting to be heard by lawmakers and to give voice to others who share their struggles.

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0:00.0	Hey, hey, what you're saying?
0:01.9	Let my people go to say.
0:04.8	I honestly didn't really think being a felon was that serious in the state of Florida.
0:10.2	And I thought, because I was a juvenile, then it wasn't going to be on my adult record.
0:13.6	But I didn't realize that I got adjudicated guilty as a juvenile.
0:16.9	So that means it's going to stay on my record as an adult.
0:20.4	Marquise McKenzie had no idea his crime at the age of 15 would cost him his most valuable right,
0:28.6	the ability to freely vote.
0:31.3	Even to this day, I'm labored as a violent offender, and I'm nowhere near the person who I used to be.
0:36.9	David Ayala spent 17 years in
0:39.5	and out of prison. Today, he and his wife Aramis are fighting to ensure that those who have not
0:45.7	had power can finally attain it. History shows less people vote, you know, when you suppress the vote.
0:54.2	It's a strategy.
0:55.4	It intimidates people, and it certainly makes them much more apathetic that they don't matter
1:00.5	and minimize their value as Americans and or in this case, Floridians.
1:05.0	They have forgotten that the purpose of their work is service to the people, not service to their power.
1:13.3	This is Season 3 of Sounds Like Hate, a podcast series from the Southern Poverty Law Center.
1:20.0	I'm Jamila Paxima.
1:22.0	And I'm Yvonne Laddie.
1:23.8	We are examining the rights and lives of individuals who still, despite decades of civil rights battles and triumphs,
1:31.3	are forced to continue to demand equal rights and protections promised to all Americans.
1:38.3	This is Collateral Damage, Part 2.
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