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Ami Horowitz: How white liberals really view black voters

Ami on the Street: Are voter ID laws racist and suppress the black vote? Satirist Ami Horowtiz goes to UC Berkeley and Harlem to find out

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@sjw It's so funny because everything they say is actually quite racist: the idea that black Americas don't have access to the Internet, that the majority of them are poor and therefore do not own cars (or own but not legally drive cars with a license, because they can't get access). This may have been true a long time ago, but access to state ID is no longer costly or difficult.

@djsumdog @sjw Even if that was the case, the solution isn't to get rid of voter ID.
They just want non-citizens to vote so they can easily get into power.

@matrix @djsumdog @sjw That is definitely not the reason people are against voter ID.

@mewmew @matrix @djsumdog @sjw

While I'm very strongly for voter ID requirements at the same time I do recognize the real reason people are against them, and its simple.. IDs cost money, time and effort to get. So the poor and homeless are less likely to be able to vote. This tends to effect minority communities more strongly than others.

The solution in my mind is simple. Make IDs free and offer better services for people to go through the hoops needed to obtain them, but doing away with vote IDs all together seems like the wrong way to go.

I agree though, letting people who are not citizens vote is not the motive in the least.

@freemo @mewmew @matrix @sjw A state ID in Illinois is $10, and a drivers license $30.

I dunno .. I think if you're going to vote, asking someone to wait in line, pay $10, get an ID, and then get a voter registration card, is not an unnecessary hardship at all.

@djsumdog @freemo @matrix @sjw ok... let's say you're poor, living pay-check to pay-check - is $10 really that easy to afford? is spending hours of your day really that easy to do? the answer is no, it isn't.
@mewmew @djsumdog @freemo @matrix You realise you have to have state ID to get any kind of government assistance, right?
@sjw @djsumdog @freemo @matrix yes, but those ID's are not always accepted depending on the voter ID laws.
@mewmew @djsumdog @freemo @matrix I don't know of any situation where a state ID isn't acceptable in place of a DL except for things pertaining to driving. That's kinda the whole point of them.
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The issues around IDs apply as much to a non-drivers state id as a drivers license.

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@freemo @mewmew @matrix @djsumdog I just don't really see the issue. A state issued ID isn't really a thing any black people are lacking, at least here. It really seems like a moot point and I've yet to see someone speaking out about for themselves and not on the behalf of another demographic.

@sjw

7% of the population in the USA have no photo ID. 13% specifically of the black community int he USA have no photo ID... Yes it is significant.

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@sjw

Its also not unique to blacks but the poor are hit hardest in general. 12% of people with income below 25K have no photo ID.

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