{"id":52368,"date":"2014-02-11T08:06:06","date_gmt":"2014-02-11T16:06:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=52368"},"modified":"2014-02-11T08:09:08","modified_gmt":"2014-02-11T16:09:08","slug":"nyt-holder-urges-states-to-repeal-bans-on-felons-voting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=52368","title":{"rendered":"NYT: Holder Urges States to Repeal Bans on Felons\u2019 Voting"},"content":{"rendered":"

NYT: “The call by Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. was mostly symbolic, but it marked his latest effort to end laws that he says disproportionately keep minorities from the polls.”<\/p>\n

Why not instead ask minorities to commit fewer felonies? How about a government campaign to encourage minorities to rape, rob and murder half as many people in 2014 as in 2013? I think we could all get behind that. <\/p>\n

Would we be better off if we stopped using euphemisms and substituted “blacks” for “minorities”?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NYT: “The call by Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. was mostly symbolic, but it marked his latest effort to end laws that he says disproportionately keep minorities from the polls.” Why not instead ask minorities to commit fewer felonies? … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blacks","category-race"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t