I don't know what most white people in this country feel,

but I can only include what they feel from the state of their institutions.

Now, this is the evidence.

You want me to make an act of faith, risking myself, my wife, my woman, my sister, my children, on some idealism which you assure me

in America, which I have never seen.

Welcome to Black History for White People, a podcast where we educate, resource, and challenge

white people about black history.

I'm Brad, and on today's show are my co-host, Katina and

Garron. Today's topic is voter suppression. We discuss the history of black and brown people

voting in America, share some stories from the past, and try to connect the dots to what is

happening in our current events. We hope you enjoy the discussion.

Okay, Gary, before you set up the scene for us for voting, part of the reason we're talking about this is that just this recently this week that we're recording this, the House had

passed that HR1 bill, and so that has some clauses in it and some stuff that it still

needs to go to the Senate. And I know there's a lot of legal stuff that needs to happen if it even

in order for it to get passed. But a lot of that has a lot of effects on voter suppression and

voting tactics to keep people from voting. So maybe you can paint the picture for us and catch us up

to the bill that just went through this past week. Yeah, so the Democrats say that the HR1 bill

is their top priority right now. Because of the filibuster in the Senate, it's kind of unsure whether

they'll be able to pass it. But

voting is going to be something, and voting rights voter suppression is going to be something

that is going to be in the news a lot as the Democrats try to push through reform to voting.

And meanwhile, Republican state legislatures all over the country are reforming voting currently in the other

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