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On April 29, the Supreme Court rendered a historic decision by invalidating the electoral map which was to create a second majority-black district in Louisiana. This 6th district was diluted in neighboring, predominantly white districts. This should automatically give Republicans one more seat in the midterm elections. This decision is also seen as a fundamental setback for the representation of blacks in the United States.
In the state of Louisiana, a Supreme Court decision shakes up the electoral map. After imposing the creation of a second district with a black majority, the American justice system finally invalidated it by ruling that it is illegal to draw maps on the basis of skin color.
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For the opposition, this decision weakens the scope of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, one of the major laws resulting from the civil rights movement, adopted precisely to fight against discrimination in access to voting and guarantee visibility for minorities.
Two political visions of equality clash
In this state in the South of the United States, where a third of the population is black, the question of the representation of African-American voters remains particularly sensitive. This Reporters goes to meet those who are experiencing this battle up close. In Cane River, a Creole family talks about segregation. In Baton Rouge, Congresswoman Cleo Fields looks back on the creation and then disappearance of her predominantly black constituency.
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Behind this electoral issue, two visions of equality clash. For Republicans, we must be able to go beyond the question of skin color and apply the same rules to everyone. For Democrats, discrimination is still too pervasive in society for us to ignore race. How can we build real equality in a country that seeks to turn the page on its racial history, without always managing to erase its effects?
