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Justin Pearson Blasts Trump-Backed Tennessee Maps as “Tools of White Supremacy”

2026-05-09 News & Politics
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Tennessee’s only majority-Black congressional district is under attack, and Justin Pearson is calling it exactly what he believes it is: a racist power grab tied to white supremacy and voter suppression. Justin Pearson delivered a blistering condemnation of Tennessee’s redistricting fight, accusing Republicans of using racist political tactics to dismantle Black voting power in Memphis. The panel framed the battle over District 9 as part of a larger coordinated assault on voting rights, democracy, and Black representation across the country. Speakers repeatedly warned that Republican mapmaking, Supreme Court rulings, and voter suppression efforts are converging into what they described as a political war over power and representation. 🔥 Justin Pearson blasted Tennessee’s redistricting maps as “tools of white supremacy” tied to Donald Trump and Republican power consolidation. 🔥 Pearson accused Tennessee Republicans of targeting and cracking the state’s only majority-Black congressional district for “political and racial dominance.” 🔥 The panel warned that voter suppression, redistricting, and Supreme Court decisions are being coordinated to weaken Black political power nationwide. 🔥 “The Voting Rights Act was paid in blood.” 🔥 “This is a war.” 🔥 “Everything is on the line.” 🔥 “They think they are being able to steal the black vote.” Hashtags: #RolandMartinUnfiltered #BlackStarNetwork #Tennessee #VotingRights #BlackVotes #Redistricting #JustinPearson #DonaldTrump We’ve launched our official Telegram channel. Follow for the latest videos from #RolandMartinUnfiltered & Black Star Network. No algorithms. Just updates. 👉🏾 t.me/blackstarnetwork Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjXB7nX8bL2U2sje8d212Yw/join Support #RolandMartinUnfiltered and #BlackStarNetwork 👉🏾 Use Cash App by visiting Stripe https://buy.stripe.com/7sI3ccgYyfSQ8y45kl 👉🏾 PayPal ☛ https://www.paypal.me/rmartinunfiltered Venmo ☛https://venmo.com/rmunfiltered Zelle ☛ [email protected] Annual or monthly recurring #BringTheFunk Fan Club membership via paypal ☛ https://rolandsmartin.com/rmu-paypal/ Download the #BlackStarNetwork app on iOS, AppleTV, Android, Android TV, Roku, FireTV, SamsungTV and XBox 👉🏾 http://www.blackstarnetwork.com #RolandMartinUnfiltered and the #BlackStarNetwork are news reporting platforms covered under Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research.

Top Comments (10)

@claracopeland7174 2026-05-09

WE ARE STILL HERE❤🎉

89 7 replies
@ComoedianMoeBrown 2026-05-09

I like that brother

57 6 replies
@DebraFerguson-re7kd 2026-05-09

YES indeed. I am 70 yrs old. I grew up with segregation. My cousin Joan Anderson Ulmer marched with Dr King. Jailed, disrespected, beaten. Oh yes WARE. STILL. HERE!

39 7 replies
@keithsimmons232 2026-05-09

Praying For African Americans 🙏🙏🙏

29 4 replies
@JS-tt7xp 2026-05-09

The NAACP, the Urban League and other race equality organization, needs to file a lawsuit in every southern states that wants to gerrymandering to wripout the black vote. This is an racist attack on black and brown voters. Who would think in 2026 we have to pick up the civil rights fight again. The Supreme Court racists judges need to ashamed, removed or the stack the court.

24 11 replies
@titaniusanglesmith6177 2026-05-09

I wonder how any black person could vote for Trump. He tells Hegseth to fire black generals, he goes after Letitia James, he tries to remove Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve. Is his racism not apparent to people like Stephen A. Smith?

24 10 replies
@beverlyhickman670 2026-05-09

WE ARE STILL HERE!

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@johnjeremiah4111 2026-05-10

We are in a psychological Civil War now

16 2 replies
@tan.d7887 2026-05-09

This is a scene from "Pharaoh" rewritten in 2026

16
@NathanWilson-i2x 2026-05-10

Let get in these pockets since they are trying to break ours

14 1 replies

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