Imagine if a state legislature appropriated millions of dollars to turn out white voters while spending very few dollars in areas with a predominantly black population. America would righteously rise in protest.
We’ve been down that road before in both public education and in voting. In both cases, our courts, followed later by state legislatures and Congress, acted to prevent government from playing favorites in education or elections.
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