Flickr image (above) uses the system's native attribution. Rollover for photographer's name. Click on picture to go to original site. My use of this creative commons picture does not reflect the owner's feelings (or mine) towards this or any bird. Instead it reflects my attitude towards the political entities bringing on the political Jim Crow in our nation.
It turns out that all the local government entities from which locally elected officials have been removed from a position of power by the state government in Michigan to be replaced by whomever the governor chooses, have been in high minority areas. So, in fact, we are seeing a Jim Crow system develop in the north Midwest.
Recently, a suit was filed against the Michigan law that allows the take-overs. (See video report below), but the meme of destroying local government for minority communities continues to spread. Earlier I heard some reports of other states interested in adopting similar laws. I believe many of them are going to wait now until the case over the Michigan law is resolved.
Still, while looking for similar activities in other states, last night, I found a report at The American Independent: Bill in Pennsylvania Senate would appoint board to strip assets from financially troubled Harrisburg and put a state panel in charge of the capital city of the Keystone state. Did I really have to look up the demographics of the city? Well, yes, I did, because I didn't want to be wrong, and yes, it's another high minority community.
These same GOP leaders also want to make it very hard for minority citizens to exercise their right to vote, and have been working on that for months, because when you take away someone's vote, you can do anything you want to them. You can take their money and send it off to fat cats as tax cuts for example. We all need to encourage each other to do what it takes before and on election day to get all our friends and family to the voting booth and show the back side of the door those that want to bring on a political Jim Crow society.
See a Democracy Now video report below on the Michigan financial Marshall Law, how it's targeting minorities, and the law suit filed against it.
