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The partisan breakdown of reaction to the recent supreme court decision on Majority Minority districts have me somewhat confused.

The breakdown seems to be that the Left is upset with the decision and the Right is more in favor of it.

But, the part that has me confused is, as best I can recall from 20 years ago or whenever they really became a thing is that "Majority-Minority"districts were a republican strategy to concentrate as many heavily Democrat minority voters into the districts as possible and thus increasing the likelihood of Republicans carrying the surrounding districts.

In my memory-Democrats were not real happy with this plan.

I think that what Democrats object to is that the decision makes it harder to invalidate gerrymandering that discriminates against black voters. The particular redistricting scheme isn’t the problem. They also don’t like the use of civil rights laws and amendments to benefit whites, even though the laws were written to protect black civil rights. That trend was started by Clarence Thomas when he was head of the EEOC in the 1980s.

jarnon wrote: ↑

Mon May 04, 2026 9:25 pm

I think that what Democrats object to is that the decision makes it harder to invalidate gerrymandering that discriminates against black voters. The particular redistricting scheme isn’t the problem. They also don’t like the use of civil rights laws and amendments to benefit whites, even though the laws were written to protect black civil rights. That trend was started by Clarence Thomas when he was head of the EEOC in the 1980s.

Well, here in Texas blacks are outnumbered by our other "minority", Hispanics. So they should be really pissed. No one is concerned about them. Black, black, black. Than't all everyone talks about.

BackInTex wrote: ↑

Tue May 05, 2026 1:30 pm

jarnon wrote: ↑

Mon May 04, 2026 9:25 pm

I think that what Democrats object to is that the decision makes it harder to invalidate gerrymandering that discriminates against black voters. The particular redistricting scheme isn’t the problem. They also don’t like the use of civil rights laws and amendments to benefit whites, even though the laws were written to protect black civil rights. That trend was started by Clarence Thomas when he was head of the EEOC in the 1980s.

Well, here in Texas blacks are outnumbered by our other "minority", Hispanics. So they should be really pissed. No one is concerned about them. Black, black, black. Than't all everyone talks about.

I think it’s because of the slavery and the subsequent and Jim Crow was used to oppress them.

I’d like to think we were past that, and white people like you who interact minimally with non-white people I’m sure think that, but it’s curious that, as soon as the opportunity arose, all these states immediately move to ensure that their entire congressional delegations would be white.

Weyoun wrote: ↑

Tue May 05, 2026 3:07 pm

I’d like to think we were past that, and white people like you who interact minimally with non-white people I’m sure think that, but it’s curious that, as soon as the opportunity arose, all these states immediately move to ensure that their entire congressional delegations would be white.

Unlike what Spock said, hyper-gerrymandering today is more a matter of "cracking" rather than "packing." Urban areas like Nashville, TN, which logically should have the same Congressional representative(s) as much as demographically possible are instead broken up into several smaller pieces and lumped in with more rural exurban areas. As a result, Nashville no longer has a member of Congress representing the interests of its constituents.