Mokah Jasmine Johnson has a strong track record of combatting racism at the local level. Last weekend, her campaign for GA HD-117 was interrupted in a brutally racist manner:
This is exactly the kind of racism we at Dailykos are poised to combat. Allies jumped in immediately:
Now, Mokah, who is endorsed by Barack Obama, is ready to bring a rich and powerful justice agenda to the Georgia statehouse. But first she has to get elected, and racist attacks are a direct impediment to that; their goal is to disempower and distract.
We can’t and shouldn’t stand by and watch a great candidate like Mokah Jasmine Johnson get attacked like this.
You can donate directly to Mokah here.
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In Michigan, the racial profiling represents a story that is very, very old.
When you dig in to the Michigan Advance article the details are just ugly.
State Sen. Marshall Bullock (D-Detroit) told the Advance on Tuesday that someone called police on him while campaigning in West Michigan on Saturday for a Democrat who is trying to unseat state Rep. Pauline Wendzel (R-Watervliet).
Bullock was door-knocking in an affluent riverfront residential community in St. Joseph with Chokwe Pitchford, the 21-year-old House Democratic nominee from Benton Harbor, and Rayonte Bell, a candidate for the Berrien County Commission. All three are African American. Bullock said they were approached by a St. Joseph public safety officer.
I wrote about Chokwe Pitchford’s inspiring campaign back in September, and many of you responded with support.
How can the playing field be level when a candidate even canvassing the district is subject to phone calls that initiate racial profiling by the police? How can our democracy work when a candidate is racially harassed simply trying to speak to voters?
We need to do something about that.
And we can.
Can you support Chokwe directly tonight?
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