Look, no need to get heated. I've worked in government for years at some pretty high levels and let me tell you something that I KNOW is true. The only thing the elected officials who support the disenfranchisement of people of color are afraid of is PEOPLE VOTING. THAT'S A FACT, not a feeling. Why do you think voting suppression schemes are implemented? BECAUSE IF PEOPLE SHOW UP THINGS HAPPEN. I don't want to spend any further time defending voting when this should be about a bigger solution and the elusive solidarity we desperately need. Voting should be used as a tool in a bigger plan to make sure this never happens again and I have yet to hear anyone tell me a BETTER solution. I'll keep listening though.