[ctlby]

Can you explain in what way this is a "Jim Crow era practice?"

[germinalphrase]

Probably because gerrymandering has been used to reduce the relative impact of black votes on election outcomes.

[GeekyBear]

Racial gerrymandering has long been held to be illegal.

Partisan gerrymandering has not.

[threatofrain]

But do partisan issues exist orthogonally to race? In other words, is government and politics race-blind?