Pitts and Silence as a Response to Voter Suppression

Leonard Pitts' column in the KC Star titled "INSTEAD OF ANGER ... ONLY SILENCE" bemoans what he believes is silence as the response of the African-American community to the voter ID laws. If there is the possibility that one vote will be suppressed, the voter ID laws will create a severe injustice against any legitimate voter who is disenfranchised. This in itself is reason enough to keep voter ID laws off the books. Yet, the possibility exists that photo IDs are so prevalent in the African-American community that the critical mass necessary for an effective protest by this grouping does not exist. If that is the case, no one appears ready to champion the voting rights of the few, mostly elderly and/or impoverished, who are adversely affected. Perhaps this will change after the up-coming primary elections and a storm of indignation, non-violent hopefully, will create a tempest before the general election, although it will be too late then for those enacted voter ID laws, We'll just have to wait and see. While we are at it, let's not hold our breath waiting for voter fraud cases to be detected and bemoaned by the conservatives. You'll be certain to turn blue.