Column: Texas gerrymandering is all about keeping a grip on white power

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Texas is gaining two House seats 'because of population growth, 95% of which is attributable to people of color,' writes LZGranderson 'The map Abbott signed into law increases the number of districts with majority white voters.'

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Whenever I find myself thinking, “I can’t believe Texas would do that,” I remember that former Gov. Rick Perry used to invite lawmakers to his family’s hunting camp. A place fondly known by some locals as “N—head.” According to the Washington Post,“in block letters across a large, flat rock standing upright at its gated entrance.”

As you may recall, this piece of information became a bit of a sore spot in 2011 for Perry, who, you know, was running for president at the time. A decade later we have another Texas governor, Greg Abbott, whose name is being mentioned as a potential candidate for the White House. And similarly, he faces accusations of racism, too.over its new redistricting plan, accusing the state of illegally undermining minority groups’ voting rights. The result of the latest U.S. census has Texas gaining two seats in the House because of population growth, 95% of which is attributable to people of color.

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