[Irenic]

But black politics has come of age, and black politicians can protect their turf, fight for their interests, and successfully compete — even for the presidency. America should celebrate, and move on.
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I agree! It has served the intended purpose and it’s time to move on.

To continue doing this is like forever painting by numbers, never graduating to full imagination and artistic expression.

It will only keep us in a holding pattern and breed contempt...perhaps even pulling us backwards.

[SkyPilot]

20 Ridiculously Gerrymandered Congressional Districts

What the hell did everyone think those race based questions on their Census forms were for?

[fieldmarshaldj]

Good read.

[Puddleglum]

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[conservatism_IS_compassion]

The irony is that there is no truly principled way to draw voting districts. It is arbitrary. That is the advantage of the "voting districts" of the senate - the states. Many of those "districts" are what the British would call "rotten boroughs" with relatively few voters electing a "representative" - but at least the politicians don't get to draw the lines to suit their own convenience as they can for congressional districts and state districts.

Since there's no principled approach, I guess I'm about as happy that identifiably leftist "black" and "hispanic" districts gerrymanders the districts so that the rest of the people can elect sensible representatives.

It is of course a shame that those "black" districts - and corresponding "white" ones - do tend toward polarization, tho . . .

There can be little doubt that self interest is making the Republican politicians go along happily with the "black" districts, tho.

[CPT Clay]

Bookmarked.