Now we are encoding these biases into models built with mass surveillance. Many of us upper middle class white folks turn a blind eye. Subconsciously we know that’s not really targeting us. “We have nothing to hide” is the battle cry of the apathetic middle class person... when you trace the origin not just to law and order but the “war on terrorism” the relationship to race is even more depressing.
Maybe when we examine deeper we see those using the tools of mass surveillance look like us (heck are from this industry!). This same people working in the surveillance industry only imagine getting the “bad guys” not people that look like them!
On their face this has nothing to do with race. Examine deeper and you see, it’s far easier to take away civil liberties when it’s the “other” it’s being taken away from. Where the in group can blissfully rationalize what’s happening to get on with their day
That is quite a claim. I am neither agreeing or disagreeing, as I don't know enough about this. Could you share some specific examples of the rules that you are referring to and evidence that they were intended to prevent black people from voting and enjoying their civil liberties?
Grandfather voting clauses: https://www.thoughtco.com/grandfather-clauses-voting-rights-...
Felony disfranchisement: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felony_disenfranchisement_in_t...
Related to felony disfranchisement, the war on drugs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_and_the_war_on_drugs
Gun control laws: https://newrepublic.com/article/112322/gun-control-racist
Literacy tests: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literacy_test#Voting
Cash bail: https://harvardlawreview.org/2018/02/bail-reform-and-risk-as...
Stop and frisk: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop-and-frisk_in_New_York_Cit...
Some of these fall under the broader category of Jim Crow Laws[1], but most the original Jim Crow Laws are more obvious in their racism.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Florida_Amendment_4
and republicans are still trying to subvert it by sneaking in restitution as a prerequisite. it was challenged in the courts, overturned, and now appealed
https://www.npr.org/2020/04/27/844297011/voting-rights-for-h...
check out this tweet
https://twitter.com/mrddmia/status/1264687609995026437
Edit: what exactly am I getting downvoted for? Did I post something that wasn't factually correct? Did I use foul language? Did I antagonize?
If we had a magical, objective, 100% accurate way of determining whether judgments are fair and punishments are appropriate, then maybe it would make sense to suspend the voting rights of criminals. But we don't, and the only check on whether the criminal justice system is doing the right thing is the popular ballot. Allowing the criminal justice system to disenfranchise people is an obvious loophole.
Besides, what are we worried about? That criminals would vote to legalize their own crimes? If more than half the population are criminals, it's not clear that any sort of government is going to work at all....
Well, the second amendment may offer some protection as well.