NAAWP

"Ssssupresss the vote? Who, meeee?"

-Florida Governor Rick Scott

So, ready to suffer a traumatic logic injury? Here, try following this: the Supreme Court is going to hear arguments against the Voting Rights Act. Passed by Congress in 1965, the VRA says that certain states, counties and townships have to clear changes in voting laws with the Federal government. How come? Well, the racism. The states and municipalities affected have a habit of trying to suppress minority votes through things like creative redistricting, intimidation and bullshit ID laws. And no, before you ask Florida is somehow not on the list. Like for real.

"Awww...but we wanna discriminate
against minorities...no fair."

-Racists

Ok, so what's the problem? If these states can't be trusted to run fair elections, why not keep an eye on them? Well, the non-profit legal defense fund Project on Fair Representation feels that the law is unconstitutional in that it forces these states to submit to Federal scrutiny every time they want to make changes to their voting laws. If I'm understanding this fully, their argument is that the Voting Rights Act is making it difficult for states to discriminate against minorities. That pressure behind your eyes? That's your brain's logic center about to suffer a core breach.

Who, you may be asking, are these tools? Founded in 2005, the Project on Fair Representation provides legal resources for white victims of racial discrimination because I guess that's a thing. Check out their website. It's like an NAAWP.

Above: Another victim of racism in America. Steve ordered an iPad Mini,
but it won't ship for at least two weeks. Why? Because he's white. 

"A black president? I mean,
what is this, Deep Impact?"

-Edward Blum

Behold this quote from Edward Blum from the ironically named Project on Fair Representation:

"The America that elected and reelected Barack Obama as its first African-American president is far different than when the Voting Rights Act was first enacted in 1965. Congress unwisely reauthorized a bill that is stuck in a Jim-Crow-era time warp. It is unconstitutional..."

-Edward Blum, Director of the 

Project on Fair Whatever 

I guess he's suggesting that since a black guy has been elected president twice, America's long-standing problem with race-equality is solved and we no longer need the VRA. Wow. Racism: over. Right?

Suck on it racism!

'What? By using the n-word,
I'm re-appropriating it...for racists.

-Another racist

...uh, well except for this. Oh and this. And what's up with the woman who called the President the n-word and then suggested that he might get assassinated. She said all this on Facebook. Like seriously, congratulations jackass, in addition to being a horrible person and an idiot, you now have a Secret Service file. And here's Huffington Post's countdown of the 2012 Election's most racist moments. So yeah, racism is dead in the same way Freddy Kruger was dead at the end of Nightmare on Elmstreet 1.