erosions of civil rights. it's not incidental that the same states that are introducing the anti-critical race theory, anti-1619 project laws are also introducing voter suppression laws. these things are going hand in hand. the textbook you were just reading from, this is part of the lost cause narrative. the lost cause narrative is what justifies jim crow. it is a narrative that really erases the cause of the civil war. it really tries to saying black people were not ready for self rule, that black people could not self govern. that then justifies the enactment of laws that denied black people the right to vote and denied black people their citizenship right. i'm really concerned what these laws mean, outside of the fact that they're antithetical to the first amendment. that is going to lead to some very, very troublesome policies. we should really be concerned