Attorney Gerald Griggs on Voting Rights, Private Prisons, and Black Power in Georgia

About this episode

Attorney Gerald Griggs discusses the economics of civil rights and the impact of legislation on Black wealth in Georgia.

It costs $300,000 to $400,000 a year just to protect voting rights in Georgia. The SAVE Act would charge you $33 to $130 for a new ID just to vote. DEI rollbacks are cutting off SBA loans and grant funding to Black businesses right now. Attorney Gerald Griggs sat down with Butternomics and unpacked the economics of civil rights, how legislation is quietly hitting Black wealth, and why Georgia has the highest rate of people under state control in the entire country. He also dropped a number that should stop every Black professional in Atlanta: 2.2 million registered voters. A governor's race takes 1.9 million. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: Butternomics

Guest: Gerald Griggs

Topics covered

• voting rights
• private prisons
• Black power
• civil rights
• Black wealth
• Georgia politics

Keywords

• voting rights
• Georgia
• Black businesses
• civil rights
• SBA loans
• DEI rollbacks
• private prisons
• registered voters

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Butternomics

Places: Georgia, Atlanta

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