How Young, Black Voters are Transforming Black Futures with Arekia Bennett-Scott
Black History Year
PushBlack
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🗓️ 31 October 2022
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
For decades, Black people have fought to gain the right to vote. In racism's face, we've marched and protested. While the list of heroes who risked—and lost—their lives in the fight is never-ending, we refuse to let their deaths be in vain. One population has grabbed the baton from our fallen heroes to further our progress: young Black voters—and they are working hard to shape Black futures in truly transformational ways.
Today's guest knows this personally.Arekia Bennett-Scott is the executive director of Mississippi Votes, a youth-centered organization led by young people who are invested in electoral justice and the progression of Mississippi. For more information on her political, legislative, and community work, visit MSVotes.org.
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| 0:00.0 | What's up, fam? This is Jay from Push Black. And as you know, over here, we're passionate |
| 0:10.8 | about building black power and taking control of our liberation. One of the ways to build |
| 0:17.4 | power together is through massive, unprecedented voter turnout. Every person in our community |
| 0:24.6 | matters. That means you, you matter, and your vote matters. Tuesday, November 8th is |
| 0:32.0 | election day. Put that in your phone, make a plan for when you're going to go vote and |
| 0:37.6 | help three people in your life make their plans. Hold each other accountable. Make it happen. |
| 0:44.4 | Visit pushblackvotes.com for more information and a pledge to vote in 2022. Peace. |
| 0:54.6 | Voting is powerful. The black vote is powerful. The dominant society has always known this. |
| 1:14.1 | All right, they've gone to brutal lengths to suppress our voices. And they're still trying |
| 1:19.9 | to use their power to still hours. I'm Jay from Push Black, and you're listing the |
| 1:25.9 | black history year. As restrictive voting laws continue to rise, state by state, one population |
| 1:33.4 | is coming up and challenging racist lawmakers in a different way. Young black voters. They're |
| 1:40.7 | carving their own paths to voting rights and the black liberation. With midterms around |
| 1:46.7 | the corner, this is a great time to sit down with today's guest. |
| 1:51.1 | Arika Bennett Scott is the executive director of Mississippi Votes, a youth centered organization |
| 1:57.8 | led by young people who are invested in electoral justice and the progression of Mississippi. |
| 2:04.7 | In a state notorious for violent voter suppression that continues today, Mississippi Votes has registered |
| 2:11.3 | tens of thousands of voters, young and older, and they won't be stopping anytime soon. |
| 2:18.2 | Forgot into the episode, let's explore the dangerous lies you need to know as a black voter. |
| 2:26.5 | There has never been a time when the right to vote has been a right at all. |
| 2:40.9 | For hundreds of years, white supremacy has used nefarious tactics to disenfranchise our |
| 2:47.1 | people. Whether through grandfather clauses or literacy tests, poll taxes or gerrymandering, |
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