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'Inherently racist': Texas', Republican, redistricting map cuts Houston's Black Democrat representation in half (www.houstonchronicle.com)

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Texas Republicans, at the behest of President Donald Trump, redrew the state’s congressional map this summer to eliminate Houston’s largest Black district — the 9th, in south Houston — and pack many of its residents into the city’s other historically Black-led district, the 18th.

Race was at the center of the redistricting effort throughout. The Trump administration’s Justice Department set the process in motion when it sent a letter to Gov. Greg Abbott alleging that race was illegally used as a factor in the current congressional maps drawn just four years ago.

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[–] bagsy@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Politicians shouldn't be picking their voters....

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago

Don't worry! They're only rolling it back to ⅕, after all...

[–] _core@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

That's a really redundant headline. Racist, Texas, and Republican are all the same thing.

[–] LdyMeow@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

It’s a feature.

[–] onslaught545@lemmy.zip 9 points 3 days ago

Did anyone think the map wouldn't be overtly racist?