Charles F. Coleman Jr.: On January 6, the nation witnessed the most egregious expression of white grievance yet. This week in Tennessee, it happened again.
That connection began before Jan 6 and has continued through Thursday’s Tennessee House session, with many points in between. It is seeped in hypocrisy and shrouded in racism.White grievance has become the ideological fuel powering the Republican Party. While it has always existed in some form, the current brand is as loud and unabashed as ever.
. On Jan. 6 America witnessed arguably the most egregious and violent expression of white grievance yet. The country has since seen multiple flashpoints, both prolonged and discreet, which have created a straight line leading to the Tennessee State House.More than 330 bills in state houses across America
are designed to restrict voting rights. These bills are rooted in a white nationalism that rejects the principle of equal access to the civic processes and institutions that are the bedrock of American democracy. In Jackson, Mississippi, a Republican-led state legislature has sought to disenfranchise tens of thousands of voters by carving out a space where, subverting the will of tens of thousands of a mostly Black electorate.
These anti-democratic efforts extend beyond restrictions on voting and representation. The ongoing fight against critical race theory and the whitewashing of American history being taught in schools is yet another example of how post Jan. 6 white grievance has waged another battle in America’s changing landscape. Even the Dobbs decision reversing the longstanding precedent of Roe v.
Our challenge is whether we are willing to understand that this is much greater than what happened to the"Tennessee Three." Fighting this anti-democratic movement requires recognizing its interconnectivity and calling out its spread, regardless of where we live. Where we lack the courage to address these ills and confront the spaces where they are allowed to thrive, we become complicit enablers and share in the responsibility of eroding America’s democracy.
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