Qasim Rashid, Esq.

On #WomensEqualityDay a reminder that the 19th Amendment only gave white women voting rights.

BIPOC women waited decades more:
•1920: White Women
•1952: Asian Women
•1962: Native Women
•1965: Black Women
•1975: Latino Women

We must continue to protect voting rights—even now.

Aug 27, 2024 at 1:39amMastodon for iOS
Show threadPermacultureandpoliticsAug 27, 2024

@QasimRashid Thought I'd add an article to explain the Latino vote for people who are stunned:
There was a "language" test for voters, and jurisdictions were not required to provide translations. I am positive people for whom English is a second language would not be able to vote again if Trump wins. #voting #votingrights

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/latinos-1965-voting-rights-act-impact-came-decade-later-n404936

For Latinos, 1965 Voting Rights Act Impact Came A Decade Later

Thursday marks the 50th anniversary of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, but for Latinos what is more significant is the extension signed 10 years later.

NBC News
Show threadBuy nothing newAug 27, 2024
@Permacultureandpolitics @QasimRashid I'm assuming all this is US. Not aware of this elsewhere?
Show threadI've moved to [email protected]Aug 27, 2024

@Permacultureandpolitics Thank you for the explanation. I was indeed stunned. Though I suppose I shouldn't have been.

@QasimRashid

Show threadJenniferAug 27, 2024
@Permacultureandpolitics @QasimRashid thank you, I was going to ask about that!!
Show threadCCochardAug 27, 2024
@Permacultureandpolitics @QasimRashid Sorry, I still don't understand. Latino women were allowed to vote before 1975, but were effectively kept out because of the language barrier?
This is the part here that seems to refer to this "Because of the act, “you could now require jurisdictions to provide translation materials to facilitate voter registration"
Show threadFishyAug 27, 2024
@QasimRashid wish. Bookmarking this because I need to educate myself / remind myself.
Show threadMagpieblogAug 27, 2024

@QasimRashid A short and accurate explanation of these dates:

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/vote-not-all-women-gained-right-to-vote-in-1920/

Not All Women Gained the Vote in 1920

For many women, the 19th Amendment was only the beginning of a much longer fight.

American Experience
Show threadmartiAn_illustrationAug 27, 2024
@QasimRashid the Swiss canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden put off giving women the vote until 1990.
Show threadDitolAug 27, 2024
@QasimRashid
At least according to Wikipedia it was quite different
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_suffrage_in_the_United_States
Basically, you've got 3 dates: 1920 (women's suffrage), 1924 (granting citizenship for Native Americans) and 1965 (Voting Rights Act, abolishing most of voters suppression measures).
Women's suffrage in the United States - Wikipedia

Show threadMaybeMyMonkeysAug 27, 2024
@QasimRashid in America, everything is about the pecking order
Show threadsvin of the land of fumo 🐝Aug 30, 2024
@QasimRashid good.
Now let's repeal it since giving any women voting rights is a mistake.