The Push To Redefine 'Black' And End Anti-Racist Voter Protections

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🗓️ 2 January 2023

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Code Switch, NPR's Hansi Lo Wang reports on the effort by Republican officials in Louisiana to change how Black people are counted in voting maps. If their plan is successful, it could shrink the power of Black voters across the country — and further gut the Voting Rights Act.

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0:00.0	A there, it's Asma Khaled from the NPR Politics Podcast.
0:07.4	For today's episode, we've got some incredible work from the NPR Podcast Code Switch.
0:12.6	Our colleague, Hansilo Wang, who covers voting, joined the show to break down some of his
0:16.6	recent reporting out of Louisiana, where Republican lawmakers are pushing to change the way black
0:22.1	people are counted in the census, which could have drastic effects on black voter influence
0:27.1	elections.
0:28.4	In the state legal battle, may have nationwide implications since the Supreme Court is
0:32.5	weighing multiple cases this term and next that could have the potential to dismantle even
0:38.1	more of the Voting Rights Act.
0:39.9	That's on this episode of Code Switch and here's the show.
1:07.3	Before you come onto the podcast, you always bring us some story from Census land that
1:12.2	is low-key terrifying.
1:14.3	That is my brand.
1:15.6	Are you about to tell us something really unsettling right now?
1:19.4	Well, I mean, let's see.
1:22.6	Okay, here we go.
1:25.4	Let me introduce everyone first to this Louisiana.
1:29.1	My name is Reina David and I live in New Orleans, Louisiana.
1:34.1	Reina is an artist.
1:35.1	I'm into fashion, I do quilts and I'm a painter, artist.
1:42.6	I mean, I'm scared all over the place when it comes to creativity.
1:46.4	And she, her husband and their children, have lived in New Orleans for decades.
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