LaTosha Brown Says a New South Is Rising

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Georgia flipped blue thanks to the organizing led by Black women like Brown, cofounder of Black Voters Matter. Now, the work continues.

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"We were frustrated with how the South had been talked about and not considered within the national political landscape. The majority of Black people live in the South. So, if you dismiss the South, you're dismissing Black people," Brown tells."We felt like we needed to have a counter narrative that said that you can build a progressive, multi-racial, multi-generational movement in the South and be able to break up this conservative Republican stronghold in the area.

Ahead, Brown discusses how Black Voters Matter's organizing will evolve after the 2020 election, common misconceptions about Black voters, and how the Biden/Harris administration will have to be held accountable over the next four years.LaTosha Brown: This Black wave of voters was rooted in the uprisings that happened; this liberation summer after [the murders of] George Floyd and Breonna Taylor. You saw a response to the current administration. You saw a response to our frustration around COVID-19. It was important that there was a Black woman on the ticket because I know women activists, like me, were adamant to see a Black woman put in the White House.

The third thing we're going to do is continue to build our leadership pipeline. The good thing about doing work on the ground, doing deep grassroots work, is that you always uncover diamonds. During this process, we were able to connect with some amazing young women and leaders in our community that we want to support. We've added a legal advocacy component as well. So, we're going to expand some of the work that we do around both policy and on the legal front.

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Thanks to the GOP acting like idiots the Democrats now control our country. This means higher taxes, more crime, more regulations, a bad economy and America becoming a Socialist country. I despise all the shortsighted people who voted Democrat and helped end America.

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