Let's be clear: Voter suppression is real.
Interpretation
Voter suppression is a genuine and significant issue that affects people's ability to vote.
In this quote, Stacey Abrams highlights the undeniable existence of voter suppression, emphasizing that it is a serious obstacle that undermines democratic participation. By stating the need for clarity, she calls attention to the urgency of acknowledging and addressing this issue to ensure fair voting rights for all citizens.
In practice
In a speech about civil rights, one might quote Stacey Abrams to emphasize the importance of protecting voter access.
I grew up one of six children with working-class parents in the Deep South. My mother was a college librarian, and my father worked in a shipyard. I never saw them balance a checkbook, but they kept a roof over our heads and got all six of us into college.
I do not Google myself, I do not read comments, and I barely look myself in the eye when I look in the mirror.
My being a black woman is not a deficit. It is a strength. Because I could not be where I am had I not overcome so many other barriers. Which means you know I'm relentless, you know I'm persistent, and you know I'm smart.
The basis for sustainable progress is legal protections grounded in an awareness of how identity has been used to deny opportunity.
I like to solve problems. I know it is a skill set, but it's also an obligation. I grew up with parents who believe that you don't simply complain: you try to find solutions and fix what's in front of you.
Here in Georgia, we continue to grapple with our own vestiges of hate. The image carved into Stone Mountain, like Confederate monuments across this state, stand as constant reminders of racism, intolerance, and division.
The irony of the political rise of the plutocrats is that, like Venice's oligarchs, they threaten the system that created them.
Our American friends offer us money, arms, and advice. We take the money, we take the arms, and we decline the advice.
For Conservatives, all disputes over law, liberty and justice are addressed to a historic and existing community. The root of politics, they believe, is attachment - the motive in human beings that binds them to the place, the customs, the history and the people who are theirs.
If there are men in this country big enough to own the government of the United States, they are going to own it.
The very first time a politician puts you in his target is sometimes a disappointment, because perhaps you thought you were friends and getting along well... But it is not something that you dwelled on. At least, I did not.
We need more of the Office Desk and less of the Show Window in politics. Let men in office substitute the midnight oil for the limelight.
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