The Supreme Court Just Made It Legal to Erase Us
My Thoughts
I knew this was coming. It was only a matter of time. This administration has been targeting Black Americans from the very beginning of his first term, and he's only getting more belligerent as time goes on.
Personally, this Supreme Court decision makes me feel targeted. It makes me feel unsafe. It makes me feel like they are trying to put Black people back on the fields. It makes me feel like they are jealous because we are finally getting ahead, and they are trying to stop us by any means necessary. It is dangerous what they're doing, and I don't believe that Black Americans are safe anymore. We've always had to live with our eyes wide open, sleep with our eyes open, and now this just made it worse.
If you do not have your passports, get them. If you cannot afford to get your passport, you make a way to do it. Just like we've always made a way to do things that we really want to do, you also need to look into going to different countries. You need to start speaking up, but also be safe. Make sure that you and your family are safe no matter what. Put safeguards in everything. If you can't move out of the country, move out of the states that are implementing these things. It's always going to be the southern states first. Northern states have always tried to protect as much as possible, but you need to think about relocating. You need to think about what you can and cannot live without, and you go from there. Save as much as possible even though that is a very abstract thing because no one makes a livable wage unless you have a degree. And even then, people with degrees aren't making a livable living.
My faith keeps me going. Psalm 46:10 says "Be still and know that I am God." Matthew 5:10 says "Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." And Matthew 11:28 says "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest." My faith is being tested, and I think everyone's faith is being tested right now. You have to pass that test. You have to put your full trust in God, but you do not just give God faith or walk by faith alone. You have to put some actions behind it. My action was to leave the country. Even if I end up having to go back for a couple of months, I know I did what's right. But my goal is to not have to go back at all. When you have an assignment from God and you stay silent, that is when He gives your assignment to someone else and you get left behind. So please don't be left behind.
There's a quote from The Little Prince that I've always loved: "A goal without a plan is simply a wish." Being Black in America right now means you have to be strategic. You can't just wish things were different — you have to have a plan. You have to act.
To all non-Black Americans, all my white brothers and sisters: if you claim to love us Black Americans as much as you say, this is your time to protect us. It is your time to speak up because you can speak up without consequence. We speak up. We get put in prison. We get shot. We get beaten. This is your time to stand up. We have always stood up for everybody else. We can't fight this alone. We need help. If you love us the way you always say you do, you help. You do not be silent. This is not the time for silence.
On April 29th, 2026, the Supreme Court made a decision that nobody is talking about enough. And I mean nobody.
In a case called Louisiana v. Callais, the court's conservative majority decided that creating a congressional district where Black voters could actually elect someone who represents them is unconstitutional. Let that sit for a second.
The Voting Rights Act. You know, that thing passed in 1965 after literal centuries of slavery and then another hundred years of Jim Crow and voter suppression. That thing that was supposed to protect Black people's right to vote. The Supreme Court just effectively dismantled what was left of it.
Here's what happened. Louisiana drew a congressional map that included a majority-Black district. One. One district out of six. And the court said that was racial gerrymandering. That creating a space where Black voters could have representation was somehow unconstitutional. The irony is so thick you could cut it with a knife.
The vote was 6-3. All six conservative justices agreed on this. Three liberal justices dissented. And now states are already moving. Florida passed a gerrymandered map literally an hour after the decision dropped. Tennessee is working to eliminate districts that give Black voters power. It's happening in real time.
What the court basically said is this: we have decided that racism is over. We have decided that 60 years of one landmark law is enough protection. We have decided that Black voters don't need safeguards anymore because obviously discrimination ended and everything is fine now.
Meanwhile in reality Black voters are about to lose more representation in Congress than any point in modern history.
Let me be real with you. This isn't about politics for me. This is about the fact that my vote, your vote, our representation just got legally erased. This is about a group of unelected judges deciding that the work of the civil rights movement was nice but not necessary anymore.
The Bible is very clear about injustice. Psalm 82:3 says "Defend the weak and the fatherless; uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed."
Not defend them if it's convenient. Not defend them if it doesn't upset the status quo. Defend them.
Proverbs 31:8 says "Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute."
I'm speaking up. I'm angry. And I'm here to tell you that this matters more than you think it does.
What happens now is up to us. The court made their move. States are already making theirs. But we still vote. We still organize. We still fight. And if you think this is just politics you're missing the actual story, which is that an entire group of people just got told their representation doesn't matter.
That's the story. And we need to talk about it.
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