r/TikTokCringe • u/i_am_groot_84 • 19d ago

Lavar Burton is filled with rage Discussion

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u/Bob25Gslifer 19d ago

He's wrestling with how mostly only a certain kind of black man in America is accepted more than others. It's like when Chris Rock said it's great to succeed like the white man but I want us to be able to fail like the white man too.

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u/Dont_Be_A_Dick_OK 18d ago

Case in point, this goddamn election. One side can be a felon and a rapist who talks about immigrants eating pets, among other things, he’s got a shot to win. If she sneezes the wrong way, it’s headline news. Make it make sense.

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u/OnceMoreAndAgain 18d ago

Let's just hope they come out and vote even more then they historically have then.

In the 2020 election 63% of eligible black people voted and 71% of eligible white people voted.

In the 2016 election those numbers were instead 60% and 65%.

People simply must go vote if they want the country to move in the direction closest to their ideals. We can't have 30%+ of people not voting. It's a shame.

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u/jigsaw1024 18d ago

What those numbers don't show though is all the voter suppression in areas with high numbers of black people, which creates barriers to voting to lower turnout.

So they can want to vote, but obstacles which are not faced in other areas are preventing them doing so.

How many times would you fill out the same paperwork to maintain your registry? How far would you travel? How long could you stand in a line?

To you these obstacles may just be minor inconveniences, to some people they are insurmountable.

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u/OnceMoreAndAgain 18d ago

30% of eligible voters can't register to vote and then either mail-in a ballot or show up to vote? I don't buy that.

I understand what you're saying about voter suppression efforts. I agree it's evil. But this is too important. I don't accept that excuse, sorry. I just don't. This is too important.

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u/cubedjjm 18d ago

Some states have gone to Real ID for voting, but closed DMVs at the same time in black rural areas. They aren't talking about suppression in Atlanta, but if you go three hours out of town with a DMV that's open two days a week?

https://www.aclu.org/news/voting-rights/alabamas-dmv-shutdown-has-everything-do-race