Avlon: GOP Trying to Jam Through Tx. Voting Bill on Memorial Day, 100 Years After Tulsa ‘Is Rich with Symbolism’

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AVLON: "100 years later, the fact this bill was — tried to be jammed through over Memorial Day as well, it is rich with symbolism. In terms of the higher — the better angels of our nature we should be listening to and the recognition of our history that has been hidden. Massacres of prosperous communities in Tulsa that were effectively written out of our history show that structural racism is real, that we need to deal with it, we need a broader reckoning of our history that is fundamentally more inclusive. And when there are attempts to shut down voting rights, we need to understand is not just in terms of the partisan politics of the moment, but the larger themes of American political history and how that is intersected with race throughout our history. We cannot hide from that. We need to confront it wide-eyed and ideally together, finally."