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As bad as this looks, what are the black lawmakers in NC doing? What's the democratic leadership in the NC congress doing? Don't they know how to put up a figh
by finid 10y ago
As bad as this looks, what are the black lawmakers in NC doing? What's the democratic leadership in the NC congress doing?
Don't they know how to put up a fight?
- TheDong 10y ago> the black lawmakers in NC There are none. The system has been rigged against them for so long that they have zero representation even though they're a decent portion of the population. See: https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/NC#representatives https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/NC#representatives There's not a single non-white member of NC's representation. NC is also one of the most gerrymandered states there is, so it's almost impossible for change to happen. Also, there's hardly any democratic representation, again due to historical gerrymandering. Please don't accuse those that are being oppressed while not being present. It's bad enough they're getting screwed over, it doesn't help for someone who doesn't understand the situation to accuse them for "letting it happen".
- finid 10y agoThat was a reference to local elected officials in NC, not NC's reps in the US congress.
- Pinckney 10y agoYou linked to the US congress and US senate instead of the NC house of representatives and senate. http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/members/memberList.pl?sChamber=senate http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/members/memberList.pl?sChambe... http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/members/memberList.pl?sChamber=House http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/members/memberList.pl?sChambe... There are 10 black senators and 20 representatives, by my count, out of 50 and 120, respectively.