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And how again is it racist to show an ID to vote?

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mrbuddhawannabe · 56-60, M
The documents acceptable for proving voters’ identity in North Carolina were the ones disproportionately held by whites, such as driver’s licenses, U.S. passports, and veteran and military IDs, and the ones that were left out were the ones often held by poor minority voters, such as student IDs, government employee IDs and public assistance IDs. The Texas voter ID law was designed the same way: There, officials accepted concealed-weapon licenses but not student or state employee IDs. The Texas legislature was repeatedly advised of the likely effect on minority voters but rebuffed nearly all amendments that would have eased its harsh impact.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2016/08/03/courts-are-finally-pointing-out-the-racism-behind-voter-id-laws/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.a750c35fd82a
MethDozer · M
@Scubaguy027 Yes, but that is not a requirement for personal Identification . It is a requirement to have proof of being legally able to drive while operating a vehicle. Already addressed this and as you state you do not need it if you are a passenger of a licensed driver as would be the case if there was an actual law requiring citizens to carry personal ID.

There is a legal difference.
@MethDozer last time I checked a drivers license is a form of personal identification so your argument is invalid and you are wrong.
MethDozer · M
@Harley4Life Yet it is not a requirement for people to carry and show ID as a rule. So I am correct.

You state that there is an ID requirement in the US, there is not.
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Fangirlsarah1996 · 26-30, F
Heck you can't even go to watch a movie if you look under 18 without ID.

That is, if the movie is 18+

Still point is it carries the exact same weight as most of those other activities, so it should require the same treatment.
Fangirlsarah1996 · 26-30, F
Short answer, no, I don't think it's racist.
@Fangirlsarah1996 you would be amazed at the people that think minorities are incapable of getting an ID
Graylight · 51-55, F
If you'd take the time to read the copious available research on this subject rather than post inane memes, you might be able to answer your own question.
Graylight · 51-55, F
@Harley4Life Is not as if one single report was published. It's all over the place. But I guess you're savvier than all the social scientists out there.
@Graylight "social scientist" is a bullshit made up leftist term to attempt to bring shit research into the mainstream.

I love how you keep justifying that this is racist when you are utterly wrong on this but will not accept it. In no way is showing an ID to match a name on a voter registration is racist. By you claiming that minorities are at a disadvantage makes you as much of a racist as those you call racist. Do you think minorities are to stupid to get an ID? Are they lazy? No you just feed into bullshit that is not true.
Graylight · 51-55, F
@Harley4Life [quote]"Social science is an academic discipline concerned with society and the relationships among individuals within a society, which often rely primarily on empirical approaches.

It includes anthropology, economics, political science, psychology and sociology.
In a wider sense, it may often include some fields in the humanities such as archaeology, history, law, and linguistics.

Positivist social scientists use methods resembling those of the natural sciences as tools for understanding society, and so define science in its stricter modern sense.
Interpretivist social scientists, by contrast, may use social critique or symbolic interpretation rather than constructing empirically falsifiable theories, and thus treat science in its broader sense."[/quote]
[i]https://www.sciencedaily.com/terms/social_science.htm[/i]

There are no politics in pure science. Period.
I'm not listing the various studies again; you can find them. You won't, which proves only that you know you're being willfully ignorant in favor of pushing your own belief.
JustJimColo · 61-69, M
ANY American citizen who wants a legitimate ID, can GET an ID.
Hikingguy · 56-60, M

 
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