Women's Suffrage Economics Project by chelsea greenwood https://padlet.com/chelseagwood07/vwvwk67gjf7gfnza en-us 2022-02-21 18:20:28 UTC 2022-02-21 18:57:01 UTC hello@padlet.com chelseagwood07 https://padlet.com/chelseagwood07/vwvwk67gjf7gfnza/wish/2059215716
“Eliminating U.S. labor market discrimination was by far the most important political issue for Black Americans before the enactment of the civil rights legislation of the 1960s.”



]]> 2022-02-21 18:29:37 UTC https://padlet.com/chelseagwood07/vwvwk67gjf7gfnza/wish/2059215716 Restricting voting rights helps maintain economic and racial inequality by suppressing those who would likely support other policies. chelseagwood07 https://padlet.com/chelseagwood07/vwvwk67gjf7gfnza/wish/2059216910 2022-02-21 18:30:37 UTC https://padlet.com/chelseagwood07/vwvwk67gjf7gfnza/wish/2059216910 chelseagwood07 https://padlet.com/chelseagwood07/vwvwk67gjf7gfnza/wish/2059220815 Previous research suggests that greater diversity among government workers is one effect of increased political power for people of color. We calculate that of the approximately 5 percent narrowing of the racial wage divide in Voting Rights Act jurisdictions between 1950 and 1980, at least one-tenth of that convergence was achieved as a result of greater public employment, including its spillover effect on the private sector. ]]> 2022-02-21 18:34:00 UTC https://padlet.com/chelseagwood07/vwvwk67gjf7gfnza/wish/2059220815 csmit332 https://padlet.com/chelseagwood07/vwvwk67gjf7gfnza/wish/2059222416 “Will impose undue and unjustified burdens on a wide range of lawful voters, including some of the state’s most vulnerable and underrepresented citizens: minority voters, elderly voters, disabled voters, voters with chronic health conditions, voters who work multiple jobs and voters who lack access to reliable transportation or consistent mail service.”]]> 2022-02-21 18:35:13 UTC https://padlet.com/chelseagwood07/vwvwk67gjf7gfnza/wish/2059222416 2013 Shelby County v. Holder csmit332 https://padlet.com/chelseagwood07/vwvwk67gjf7gfnza/wish/2059225780 Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg argued that if voting equality existed in 2013, it may have been precisely because of the “prophylactic measures to prevent purposeful race discrimination” taken under the Voting Rights Act.]]> 2022-02-21 18:37:46 UTC https://padlet.com/chelseagwood07/vwvwk67gjf7gfnza/wish/2059225780 chelseagwood07 https://padlet.com/chelseagwood07/vwvwk67gjf7gfnza/wish/2059226704 "The impact of Shelby County v. Holder on the voting rights of Americans of color is about as controversial a political issue as there is right now in the South and Southwest. We find that the removal of these protections has had a negative economic impact on Black workers"]]> 2022-02-21 18:38:38 UTC https://padlet.com/chelseagwood07/vwvwk67gjf7gfnza/wish/2059226704 chelseagwood07 https://padlet.com/chelseagwood07/vwvwk67gjf7gfnza/wish/2059228395 2022-02-21 18:39:55 UTC https://padlet.com/chelseagwood07/vwvwk67gjf7gfnza/wish/2059228395 csmit332 https://padlet.com/chelseagwood07/vwvwk67gjf7gfnza/wish/2059247485 2022-02-21 18:57:01 UTC https://padlet.com/chelseagwood07/vwvwk67gjf7gfnza/wish/2059247485