I still feel outraged and psychologically spent over the Supreme Court’s decision to dismantle the last vestiges of the Voting Rights Act.

A 6–3 decision last week struck down a Louisiana congressional map that had resulted in a new Black-voter majority district. The majority opinion, written by right-wing Justice Samuel Alito, unconvincingly argued they were saving the landmark legislation by nullifying it, and that political maps –like the ones that currently have 23 Black House members from former Confederate states – are supposedly racist because they discriminate against white people.

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The decision grants permission for Republican states seeking to eliminate districts where voters of color form the majority. Some Southern politics have already moved to try and use the ruling to increase Republican representation during the upcoming midterms.

It’s not an overstatement to argue the outcome of such draconian........

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