今年中期选举的一个核心议题是重新划分选区如何迅速重塑全国选举版图。今年早些时候，最高法院削弱了《投票权法案》的大部分内容，导致多个州重新绘制选区，消除了以黑人为多数的选区，削弱了黑人的政治影响力，这种影响可能持续多年。
One of the defining issues heading into this year’s midterms is how redistricting has rapidly reshaped electoral maps across the country. When the Supreme Court gutted much of the Voting Rights Act earlier this year, a number of states redrew maps eliminating majority-Black districts, weakening Black political power potentially for years to come.
但对于那些致力于扩大黑人社区投票权的基层工作者而言，这种转变意味着什么？当平等代表权本身正受到攻击时，他们又有何感受？请听LaTosha Brown的讲述，她是黑人投票重要基金的联合创始人，该组织一直致力于提高美国农村南部少数族裔社区的投票参与度，尤其是投票率低的地区。
But what does this shift feel like for someone working on the ground to expand voting access for Black communities when the promise of equal representation itself is under assault? Ask LaTosha Brown, co-founder of Black Voters Matter Fund, a group that’s been working to increase voter participation within minority communities in the rural South, especially where turnout is low.
“公开的白人至上主义者正以创纪录的速度巩固权力，他们正在剥夺你和你家人的所有权利、机会和通道，”她说，指的是南部的有色人种社区。“如果这还打动不了你，那我再说什么也无法打动你。”在这期节目中，Brown与主持人Al Letson讨论了她进入政坛的曲折道路、她在美国南部持续对抗选民压制的努力，以及为什么此刻比以往任何时候都更需要动员黑人选民。
“There are people who are openly white supremacists that are consolidating power at record speed in such a way that they are stripping away all of the rights, opportunities, and access points for you and your family,” she says, referring to communities of color in the South. “If that don’t move you, it ain’t nothing that I can say that can move you.”On this week’s Brown talks with host Al Letson about her winding path into politics, her fight against ongoing voter suppression efforts in the South, and why it’s important to mobilize Black voters now more than ever.
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