Holder: 'overt and subtle discrimination' common

Attorney General Eric Holder called for Louisianans to fight racism in their communities, noting that voting rights discrimination is “all too common” in the United States.

“Unfortunately, in jurisdictions across the country, both overt and subtle forms of discrimination remain all too common,” Holder said today at Tulane University in Louisiana. “And we don’t have to look far to see recent proof.” Holder reminded his audience of a recent redistricting case in which a Louisiana parish “map-drawer began the process by meeting exclusively with white officeholders,” which Holder said produced a map that “diminished the electoral opportunity for African Amerians.”