Voting should be reimagined as a tool of protest beyond office removal.

Evidence

But if we’re going to change how we participate in the democratic process in this country, we have to change how we think about “the vote.” I am not suggesting that we don’t vote or that we deny the value of voting. I agree with Blow. Voting and direct action are not mutually exclusive. But we need to understand voting as a tool of protest that potentially goes beyond putting people out of office. — Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Democracy in Black, 609

Categorization

• DEFINE: Establishes Glaude’s precise reframing of ‘the vote’ that underlies his blank-out proposal — the conceptual hinge the reader must assess.