Ah yes, the white working class hate that the minorities will have a chance to elect people of their own race. Very progressive of them.
You don't need a majority minority district to elect a minority candidate. See SC-Sen, UT-4, TX-23 is 75% Hispanic and they have a black representative. People don't necessarily vote based on who looks like them. I mean for next year, I'm a Hispanic college student supporting a black candidate for NH-1
"increasing minority representation" means increasing minorities' ability to choose representatives, not increasing the number of minorities in Congress.
This is so annoying when people just equate a minority district to having minority representatives....sheesh!
But there's a careful balance to avoid using minorities to elect white Dems to the point that the Congress becomes unrepresentative of minorities. That's why the VRA was passed and upheld by SCOTUS.
