Voting For Blacks

[polotoki]

Did you know that the right for black people to vote is not a constitutional right? That at any given time that right could be taken away from blacks? It's true. You could say that it is more of a privlage and not a right.

[Matt W]

Source this, please.

[dotcoma]

did you miss the15th Amendment?

[Athena]

Quote by: polotoki Did you know that the right for black people to vote is not a constitutional right? That at any given time that right could be taken away from blacks? It's true. You could say that it is more of a privlage and not a right.

"Democracy is a way of life and social organiztion which above all others is sensitive to the dignity and worth of the individual human personality, affirming the fundamental moral and politcal equality of all men and recognizing no barriers of race, religion, or circumstance." General Report of the Seminar on "What is Democracy?" Congress on Education for Democracy, August, 1939

Now if the Constituion of the US in anyway does not support the ideals of democracy, it needs to be amended to fully supported the ideals of democracy. The US stands for liberty and justice for all. The citizens need a better understanding of democracy, so that they can defend and spread it, and bring the world to peace.

[RickSp]

Quote by: dotcoma did you miss the15th Amendment?

Yup. Reinforced by the 13th and 14th Amendments and the Voting Right Act of 1965. Looks like belt and suspenders to me.

[G. Adams]

Quote by: polotoki Did you know that the right for black people to vote is not a constitutional right? That at any given time that right could be taken away from blacks? It's true. You could say that it is more of a privlage and not a right.

A piece of paper doesn't mean the difference between a right and a privelage. Nothing is a right unless you secure it by willpower and, at least, the potential to use force to protect it.

[Matt W]

Well, to judge from polotoki's subsequent post/PMs, this is obviously garbage. Moving to Misc.