Ebony McMorris & Tylee McMillan on Voting Rights, Redistricting, and the Out of Bounds Movement
The game has officially changed. 🏛️🏈 In this episode of #OnTheRecord, ...
The game has officially changed. 🏛️🏈 In this episode of #OnTheRecord, host Ebony McMorris (White House Correspondent) exposes the multi-front war currently being waged to protect Black political representation in ...the South.
First, we break down the breaking legal news out of Alabama, where a federal court completely rejected the state's latest congressional maps, citing "intentional race-based discrimination". McMorris also unpacks the Congressional Black Caucus’s blistering six-page warning letter sent to over 250 corporations across America, demanding that private entities publicly defend Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act following the catastrophic Louisiana vs. Cali Supreme Court ruling.
Plus, the NAACP’s National Youth and College Director, Tylee McMillan, joins the program to detail the blueprint for the "Out of Bounds" initiative. The campaign calls on elite Black recruits, alumni, and donors to completely withhold athletic and financial support from flagship public universities in eight specific states—including Alabama, Texas, and Florida—proving that if a state aggressively silences Black students at the ballot box on Tuesday morning, they have no right to profit off their labor under Friday night lights.
EPISODE MOMENTS
00:00 SCOTUS rules on racially gerrymandered maps—Black representation under threat
01:18 Tylee McMillan reacts: Alabama’s redistricting and national implications for Black political power
02:35 Breaking down Out of Bounds—a call for athletes, families, and donors to withhold support from universities complicit in voter suppression
05:07 How campaigns target Alabama, Texas, and six other Southern states
06:07 HBCUs vs. PWIs: The real impact of Black talent, university profits, and activism
07:35 Leveraging athletic departments to fight for Black political rights
08:13 Identity politics: Who’s targeting whom and the history behind the struggle for equity
09:02 Federal court rejects Alabama’s maps; CBC demands corporate action
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