Gerrymandering is now at the heart of the racism being thrown around at every turn. Districts are being redrawn using all kinds of data but the most pronounced is race. Apparently, race determines what policies you prefer and which office holders you want to represent you. Pity the poor soul who is not of that race but happens to live in that new district. That “minority” is just collateral damage. I know, I live in such a district/state where it is a monolithic voting block honed over the years to marginalize (eliminate?) contrary views.
The Voting Rights Act of 1964 established race as a cudgel for states to draw districts along racial lines. The intent was to “right the wrongs of the past” and in doing so, created more wrongs of the present and future. Along with Affirmative Action, both have far outlived whatever good intention they may have had. Instead, we have more tribalism and less Americanism.
Who is the racist when the demand is to draw a district based on the race of its residents? I may understand politicians bent for making districts secure by using registered voter roles to identify where more of their particular party reside. Heck, that’s almost par for these entrenched career politicians who seek only to assure their livelihoods. But race?
Funny how it was the Democrats that pushed through the “New Deal” which saddles us with untenable entitlements. It was the Democrats that pushed through the “Great Society” that has exacerbated the separation of our citizens into tribes based on the color of their skin rather than unite them. Not so funny that they are now back for another bite of the apple ignoring the deleterious impacts of their failed and failing policies. HR4 and race based congressional districts will cement their total control of our federal government and the disintegration of our heterogenous society will be complete.
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