The Tennessee State Assembly Wanted To Make An Example Out of Two Black Representatives

Michael Arceneaux
5 min readApr 7, 2023

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The Tennessee state assembly is punishing its Black members for being “uppity.”

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Tennessee Republicans that hold a supermajority in the Tennessee State Assembly sought to humiliate two Black men on Thursday.

Last week, in the wake of the mass shooting at Nashville’s Covenant School that left…

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Michael Arceneaux

New York Times bestselling author of “I Can’t Date Jesus” and “I Don’t Want To Die Poor.”