I have researched this a little for a class, but I think that they will always ratify the amendment. Because what it does is further justify inequalities, on some level. This past weekend, my chapter conducted it's "A Voteless People is a Hopeless people" campaign where we went door to door to try to get "our people" to get out and vote Tuesday. Many people didn't see the need. One man said "I don't vote, it don't make a difference anyway" which prompted my frustrated Chapter VP to mutter "you know, he's probably right". But with the Black vote protected by the constitution, some people will then say that Black people have the opportunity to vote, and they do not take advantage of it. Therefore they, by their choice, comply with the status quo, and demonstrate that the political system is justified the way that it is.
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This is kind of like allowing ourselves to hang ourselves. I think that it is the way that oppression works in the 21st century. Our threat is not from Jim Crow now or Lynch Mobs of Klansmen, but it is complacency and our uncritical acceptance of a racist social order. The amendment being repealled would awaken too many people to become politically active. I think that the states will easily ratify it, knowing that Black folks' political unawareness is probably the biggest ally to social and political conservativism.
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Maybe this is a strange take
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