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brooklynite

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5. ...but had nothing to do with protecting white power...

Reply to marybourg (Reply #2)

Thu Oct 21, 2021, 06:08 PM

Oct 2021

...All governing Parties have applied gerrymanders at different times to maintain their political strength. In political machine cities, they were used to protect black (and other ethnic group) power in their local jurisdictions.

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What is gerrymandering and why does a democracy allow it to be used to protect white power? [View all] Nevilledog Oct 2021 OP

;-{)🖖‍ Goonch Oct 2021 #1

The district was said to have looked like a marybourg Oct 2021 #2

...but had nothing to do with protecting white power... brooklynite Oct 2021 #5

I was just pointing out where the "mander" part marybourg Oct 2021 #9

Because our overlords really don't want peons voting n/t leftstreet Oct 2021 #3

Why? Because the legacy of slavery is still attractive to more than enough Americans. BeckyDem Oct 2021 #4

Actually, while slavery was seen as "bad", the idea of White Supremacy was held both South and North Caliman73 Oct 2021 #6

White supremacy is the legacy of slavery. BeckyDem Oct 2021 #7

Chicken and egg... right? Caliman73 Oct 2021 #8

How does any of that change what you initially responded to? BeckyDem Oct 2021 #10

Both parties do it Zeitghost Oct 2021 #11

Whites make the rules...so gerrymandering. joetheman Oct 2021 #12