I want to tell you about what one congressional district means.
It means your voice gets heard. It means when you vote, you're not just throwing your ballot into a void where someone else's interests always win. It means your community has someone in Congress who actually has to listen to you because you elected them.
Louisiana had one. One majority-Black district out of six. One space where Black voters could have real representation. And the Supreme Court said that was too much. That creating that one district was unconstitutional.
Think about what that says. Not just about voting. About what they think you deserve. One district out of six felt like too much power to give to Black people.
A Dutch couple visited a landfill in Argentina. They caught a virus on a cruise ship. Three people died. And nobody is arguing that it's their fault for traveling. But when Black voters build representation through voting, suddenly it's suspicious. Suddenly it's gerrymandering. Suddenly it's unconstitutional.
This is the story we're living in right now.
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