Over the past decade, Democrats have made fighting against “institutional racism” among their highest priorities. But Democrats like institutional racism when it serves them, especially when it lets them segregate voters by race when creating congressional districts.

The current Supreme Court term is highlighted by a redistricting case, Louisiana v. Callais, which centers on race-based congressional districts effectively mandated by the Voting Rights Act. Louisiana was forced to add a second majority black congressional district to its electoral map after the 2020 census, with it being argued that having just one such district “diluted” the voting power of black voters.