Politics of race hidden behind Perez confirmation fight

By Juan Williams, The Hill

Thomas Perez continues to be denied Senate confirmation as President Obama’s labor secretary. Republicans paint Perez, the lone Hispanic nominee to the cabinet, as a partisan who pursued a racial agenda as the former head of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division.

Hidden behind the high-profile confirmation fight over Perez is an intense story of 21st century racial politics. This latest version of America’s civil rights struggle is centered in the Justice Department and the federal courts where the voting rights laws are enforced for the rising number of minority voters, especially Latinos.

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