Does redistricting make everyone a racist?

Published June 6, 2011 4:00am ET



From this weekend’s WaPo:

In a racially mixed corner of Shreveport, La., a small group of white voters protested loudly this year that they did not want to be part of a majority black district when the legislature redrew the state’s political boundaries. The Republican-led statehouse complied, drawing a line around the community to accommodate them.

This fight is now headed to court. What I liked best was this comment from a college professor who is a former member of the Shreveport City Council:

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