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1/4 In left-wing media, the story of the past two years has been about lowered black voter turnout due to the rolling back of voter rights.
In reality, the story has been a *historic & unprecedented* rise in black voter turnout.
In reality, the story has been a *historic & unprecedented* rise in black voter turnout.
2/4 Pew data says that, in 2018, a higher percentage of blacks voted in midterm elections than in any year going back several decades––by a *huge* margin.
(link: pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019…)
(link: pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019…)
3/4 For a sample of "voter suppression" fear-mongering, see the quote below from Carol Anderson. She has been featured frequently in NY Times, as well as in Vox, Guardian, etc., where her views receive little, if any, pushback. (Full op-ed: nyti.ms/2JcXWED) 
4/4 I saw a professor get absolutely excoriated in public for being somewhat skeptical of Anderson's take. Yet when the facts come out in the opposite direction, nobody with her view seems to pay a social price.
How will things change when no one pays a price for being wrong?
How will things change when no one pays a price for being wrong?
