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Republicans Unveil New Map that Draws Away Tennessee’s Majority-Black House Seat (www.nytimes.com)

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The General Assembly is expected to quickly approve the map, which slices up Memphis, a majority-Black city that makes up most of the state’s lone Democratic district.

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[-] thebasementcakes@leminal.space 41 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

This new racial blindness in the law will somehow remove all black elected officials in the south which has the highest black population

How about that, intent is just so supremely hard to understand

[-] My_IFAKs___gone@lemmy.world 19 points 2 weeks ago

Taxation and regulation without representation. Go ahead, raise the pressure and give people less to live for. I'm sure that'll work out just fine...

[-] inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world 17 points 2 weeks ago

Jim Crow Two Point Oh

[-] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

Traitors to the American people.

[-] breezeblock@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 weeks ago

That’s exactly what they think of you.

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