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14. this seems antithetical to the interests of black Americans

Reply to EdmondDantes_ (Reply #12)

Sun May 17, 2026, 06:47 PM

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"What about creating competitive districts that would likely reduce the impact of the extreme edge of the Republican party and have an outsized positive impact on minorities even if less likely to give them representation that looks like them?"

An 'outsized positive impact' would seem like a hollow ideal for black Americans after the party just engineered a way around ensuring black representation in Congress.

That representation shouldn't be regarded as just a means to make up the white vote that goes to republicans. It should be a moral imperative to restore the means for that black presence at the table when their concerns are up for debate and money is being allocated.

It's not just some beneficence, it's about promises unfulfilled to a people who's rights are now under active attack by the government they help fund; not just about their representation, but their self-determination.

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What do you think the black community's reaction will be to a vanishing number in Congress who look like them? [View all] bigtree Sunday OP

Hopefully, swinging a Democratic Majority - a big one. yellowdogintexas Sunday #1

...it's already pretty bad for the black community bigtree Sunday #2

no argument there. We are all going to slip through the cracks, one way or another nt yellowdogintexas Sunday #4

They had better get out the vote. marble falls Sunday #3

that's a hell of an appeal for people the country has reneged it's promises to bigtree Sunday #8

Laughable and Tone Deaf Aepps22 Sunday #11

We ALL Better get out and vote! electric_blue68 Tuesday #17

Blacks have been Democrats most Cha Tuesday #21

Ron Dellums was the best representative I ever had the honor to vote for and PufPuf23 Sunday #5

the white majority better get out, vote, and take over repub legislatures and create new districts that reflect the popu msongs Sunday #6

seems fraught right now bigtree Sunday #9

But what defines looks like the population? EdmondDantes_ Sunday #12

this seems antithetical to the interests of black Americans bigtree Sunday #14

White incumbents in safe districts should think about stepping aside in favor of Black candidates MichMan Sunday #7

interesting bigtree Sunday #10

Don't know what it will be, but think it SHOULD include B.See Sunday #13

with black Americans voting in huge pergentages already bigtree Sunday #15

Yes. That's why I wrote B.See Sunday #16

Coming to this particular thread late (while keeping up with the fallout from decimating the VRA) is why I just posted electric_blue68 Tuesday #18

I remember Rep Dellums! I thought he might have become.... electric_blue68 Tuesday #19

Thanks for your responses. B.See Tuesday #20