‘Hispanic’ District Won by an African-American
11th May 2010
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Readers may recall that Hispanic activists successfully sued Irving under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, arguing that the city’s century-old system of electing council members from at-large, city-wide districts discriminated against Hispanics because no Hispanic had ever won a seat on the council.
To settle the lawsuit, Irving was forced to create six single-member voting districts—one of which was heavily gerrymandered to ensure the election of a Hispanic—and two at-large ones.
The election results are in and the folks at the Mexican American Legal Defense Fund must be having a bad day. The newly created “Hispanic” district was won by an African American (who defeated a Hispanic), while the one at-large contest was won by … yep, a Hispanic (who defeated a white candidate).
The best-laid plans of mice and race-pimps gang aft agley….