Plus, you've got a milquetoast "institutionalist" slow-walking the Justice Department, who seems to think voting rights can be restored piecemeal, one court case at a time.

Oh....just as you've said, and I've long argued, if given half a chance, white "conservatives" will try to actually reinstate chattel slavery of black people.

As for the Democrats, even when they have the power, all the power, they put black peoples'concerns on the back burner or off the stove altogether.

One metaphor you didn't use: "The handwriting is on the wall."

Great writing, as per usual.