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Opinion: Politics of race hidden behind Perez confirmation fight

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In an op-ed yesterday in The Hill, political analyst Juan Williams compelled readers to see Thomas Perez’s battle seeking confirmation for what it really is: 21st century racial politics.

“Hidden behind the high-profile confirmation fight over Perez is an intense story of 21st century racial politics. This latest version of America’s civil rights struggle is centered in the Justice Department and the federal courts where the voting rights laws are enforced for the rising number of minority voters, especially Latinos.”

Perez has been mischaracterized as a “disastrous” candidate by members of the GOP, yet he constantly negates that stigma through his successes with halting racial biases when it comes to ensuring access the polls for citizens of color.

“In 2012, Perez pursued a record number of new cases charging voting rights violations, including challenges to new voter identification laws. He defeated the Texas redistricting plan and also stopped Texas and South Carolina from putting in place new photo identification requirements that would have disproportionately depressed the minority vote in those states.

… If only for trying to restore credibility to the voting rights section and reaffirm the original intent of the law to provide voting rights protections for minorities, Perez deserves much more than Senate confirmation to become Labor secretary.”
Read the full piece here.

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