Harry Edwards appelle à une stratégie pour le boycott des athlètes par la NAACP

Le sociologue et militant Dr Harry Edwards a partagé son point de vue sur le récent appel de la NAACP incitant les lycéens noirs à boycotter les universités situées dans des États ayant redessiné leurs districts électoraux, suite à la décision de la Cour suprême limitant la loi sur le droit de vote (Voting Rights Act).

Edwards, âgé de 83 ans, a souligné que des États comme l'Alabama, la Floride, le Tennessee, le Texas et la Louisiane ont pris des mesures pour éliminer les districts à majorité noire. Il a précisé que cette proposition cible des régions ayant des liens étroits avec le football universitaire, où de nombreux athlètes sont noirs. Edwards a déclaré ne pas être opposé à l'idée, mais a insisté sur la nécessité d'une planification minutieuse et d'un mouvement politique plus large pour soutenir les athlètes.

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Tennessee Republicans voted Thursday to pass new congressional maps expected to eliminate the state's only Democratic U.S. House seat. Republican Governor Bill Lee signed the measure into law shortly afterward. The move followed a Supreme Court decision striking down certain majority-black districts as unconstitutional racial gerrymandering.

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