If we ever got fair maps should VRA districts be abolished?

[Girlytree]

The VRA requirements have hurt minority representation.

Also, why do we have this idea that minorities are to by default vote against whites and vice versa? Isn’t that a little counterproductive?

[Girlytree]

No, of course not.  Minority representation should be a huge consideration for any truly *fair* map.

The point of VRA districts is to allow minority communities adequate representation.  That will always be a valid criterion, no matter how (un)polarized racial voting patterns become. 

Can you define what you mean by a community?

Presumably a community is a group of persons who have some shared characteristics. What characteristic do you consider salient?

I’m not well-versed in what the courts have ruled in regards to this question.  But my layman’s principle is basically that no racial, ethnic or linguistic minority (given it is compact enough) should be drawn into districts in such a way that unnecessarily dilutes their ability to vote as a bloc.  In places where these minorities are large and compact enough, this can mean the creation of opportunity districts to allow the election of candidates of choice.

If what makes an individual a member of a community is not their place of residence but rather other characteristics, such as their race or ethnicity, why base electorates solely on place of residence?

If the black community is choosing their representative, why let other persons who live in proximity interfere in their choice of representative?

Hmmm let me think...

Maybe because that’s SEGREGATION and it’s BAD? Ever thought of that?