Black Progressives Get Personal And Political About Right-Wing Voter Suppression

Years of white rage over nonwhite attempts to vote have given Black progressives an incomparable view of right-wing extremism and the nation’s ability to...

The deadly pro-Trump attack on the U.S. Capitol in January ignited a nationwide discussion about the rise in white, anti-democratic political violence. But Black activists on the front lines of the fight against right-wing voter suppression have witnessed that white rage for years, and they knew well its potential for combustion.   “Seventy-one percent of white voters in Georgia voted for Donald Trump, and he still lost,” said Nse Ufot, CEO of the New Georgia Project. The progressive Atlanta-based organization is focused on voter outreach and activation, particularly in Black and brown communities. “There’s a realization that you don’t need the majority of white Georgia voters in order to win a statewide election ― that the future of winning Georgia, the future of winning elections in future Georgia requires you to appeal to a multiracial, multiethnic, multilingual majority,” Ufot said.