WATCH: Voting and Policy

How Voting and Policy Shifts Aid in Building Black Wealth and Power.

Without political power it is impossible to generate sustained economic power that endures for generations. The effects from passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 is a clear example of this. After its passage, economic opportunities for Black people in the United States increased, as more jobs within the public sector became available and the Black-white wage gap narrowed. The ability to exercise this once removed power at scale led to advances economically for an entire community. Now through extreme gerrymandering and restrictions on voting rights targeted at Black voters, the political power that was being built is now under threat. If these voters are disenfranchised, it could be detrimental to the goal of building generational Black wealth. What can you do about it?