More specifically, white male privilege.
Source (AL and US): U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts
Louisiana Illuminator, 7/22/2023
The Alabama Legislature Friday afternoon approved a congressional map that would lower the percentage of Alabama’s current majority-Black district and create a district in southeast Alabama that would be nearly 40% Black.
The proposed map passed the House on a 75-28 vote Friday after it passed the Senate 24-6. Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signed the maps on Friday evening.
The new maps aim to address a federal court ruling early last year that Alabama’s 2021 congressional map violated Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act by packing Black voters in a single district. The court called for the drawing of new maps that would give Black voters a chance to elect their preferred candidates.
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