The Realities of Voter Suppression

The Brian Lehrer Show | Sep 12, 2018

Carol Anderson, professor of African-American studies at Emory University and the author of White Rage, talks about her new book, One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression Is Destroying Our Democracy (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2018).

The parties are so different in terms of demographics that partisan gerrymandering becomes effectively equal to racial gerrymandering, says @ProfCAnderson. pic.twitter.com/XdyffrwrOf
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) September 12, 2018

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