However, nowadays, most republicans are white, and a large number of democrats are black. So, republican vs. democrat is now becoming black vs. white. So, if the Republican gerrymander to their advantage, it's racism. If democrats do it, everything is OK.
The redistricting case that got Chris Bell to allege crimes against Tom DeLay was because Chris Bell lost his seat to a black Democrat in redistricting.
While the popular lie is that Republicans strictly give themselves more seats and deny minorities seats, that is just not so.
Chrissy Bell is running for Houston’s mayor’s office (again). He lost his race for mayor in the past, lost his congressional seat, lost his race for governor. He’s a 3 time loser and a professional politician who simply cannot thing of a job that isn’t in elected office.