How do state-level felon disenfranchisement laws that deny voting rights to people with criminal records impact the political representation of communities of color?

I’m studying for my English class and need an explanation.

instructions:

• An introduction that summarizes the issue and your approach to it, explains its importance to society, and presents a thesis statement summarizing your argument
• A description of the topic that provides evidence for what is actually happening
• An analysis of your evidence that uses at least three ideas from readings and/or lectures to support an argument about how this topic creates racially biased outcomes
• A conclusion that briefly summarizes what you have written and communicates ideas foraddressing the issue and consequences for ignoring it

Diagnose how that institution or policy creates racially unequal outcomes. When doing your research, your work will be stronger if you use a broad variety of sources, including policy reports, government documents, academic articles or books, newspapers, etc. At least one source must be peer-reviewed academic article and at least one source must be a governmental document (from a ‘.gov’ website). Final paper, you will need to include a works cited page (in MLA format) with at least five sources. At least one source must be peer-reviewed academic article and at least one source must be a governmental document (from a ‘.gov’ website).

* 6 page minimum