Statement of Concern
Statement
June 1, 2021
We, the undersigned, are scholars of democracy who have watched the recent deterioration of U.S. elections and liberal democracy with growing alarm. Specifically, we have watched with deep concern as Republican-led state legislatures across the country have in recent months proposed or implemented what we consider radical changes to core electoral procedures in response to unproven and intentionally destructive allegations of a stolen election. Collectively, these initiatives are transforming several states into political systems that no longer meet the minimum conditions for free and fair elections. Hence, our entire democracy is now at risk.
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The more things change, the more they stay the same.
Congress is deadlocked on the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act. They re bargaining and can t reach an agreement that protects Black people.
Does it really matter how diverse the George Floyd protests were? Or the numbers of industries that spoke out against racism? And why did it take an almost perfect aligning of stars to gain convictions, given the widespread outrage over Floyd s killing? This nation treks in racial contradictions. And Black folks can hardly catch a breath between them.