Redistricting is underway now. It is a little later than normal, but right now state legislators are debating what their maps will look like for the House of Representatives. And, depending how the maps are drawn will play a major role in how the makeup of Congress will look for the next ten years. Now, one of the biggest news stories regarding redistricting has been so-called gerrymandering in Republican controlled states, i.e. manipulating the map in such a way as to give one party a clear advantage. Listening to the talking heads, this is the single biggest reason why the GOP keeps winning elections. Never mind they had one of the best midterms ever in 2010, using the old maps made in 2000, or that Democrats won in 2012, 2016, and 2018, the Establishment has settled on this explanation – mostly out of shock Whites have not rolled over and died. Additionally, changing the maps to give one party a clear advantage is hardly something unique to the GOP – take a look at Maryland if you don’t believe me.
That was the story since the 2010 redistricting, and it’s been the story going into the 2020 redistricting. But the actual story is shaping up differently. Republicans control far more state legislatures but have, for the most part, been pretty restrained. Democrats, though, have gone for the jugular and it’s obvious that they are using the redistricting process to end this little uprising of White America once and for all – as seen in California, New Jersey, Virginia, and Illinois to name the best examples. Democrats have also been aided by the existence of “independent commissions” to edit the maps. Translation: give leftist college professors carte blanche to revise your locality. Although, reality has not changed the narrative concerning those mean racist Republicans.
If you thought the Democrats were going to let the GOP engage in gerrymandering, then I have some oceanfront property in Arizona to sell you. This can be plainly seen in Alabama. Alabama is not gaining in population (likely for the best), so we are not getting a new representative, and, in fact, there was some question if we would even lose one. That didn’t happen, but the state legislature still drew up new maps because each district must be more or less equal in population. The maps they just approved are the same as last time, with some minor tweaks to make up for population growth in Huntsville and population loss in the Black Belt.
Regardless, two black state representatives have sued claiming “racism.” The reason being is that currently Alabama has one majority black district, the 7th district made up of the western half of the Black Belt and inner-city Birmingham. The lawsuit alleges that this is racist, and the state needs to have at least two black districts. This is important because it reveals how they plan to chip away at White rule in Alabama, and by that extent, what remains of the Deep South core (Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana).
Generally speaking, there are two ways to create black representation in the House. One is to create several districts where blacks form a sizable part of the population (but not a majority), something that does allow them to win if there are enough suicidal Whites. The other way is to create a single black majority district. It guarantees a black representative, but only one. What this lawsuit will do, if successful, is rather than have one district where blacks are the overwhelming majority and thus black representation is a given, create two (at least) where they have a good chance of having representation. The problem with the latter scenario is if Whites vote as a racial bloc (elections are glorified racial headcounts in Alabama) and with high enough turnout, it means the Democrats come up short.
What this lawsuit means is that they now smell blood in the water and have found an opening. That opening is in the Birmingham area. You see, the Birmingham suburbs, at least the ones close to the city, have been trending to the Left, very similar to the once solidly conservative Atlanta suburbs. Jefferson County was once tightly controlled by the GOP. I hate the GOP, but in simplistic terms: White Dixian equals Republican, and the Democratic Party is comprised of blacks, Yankee transplants, and scallywags. Jefferson became a light blue county under Obama. Since then, it has become a completely blue county.
What they are trying to do is force the state to split the current 7th. The result will be two districts, which while not as solidly black as the old 7th, will all but assure one more black representative.
That’s the plan at least, and I lean towards this just being them testing the waters and not planning to actually implement it, not yet. Jefferson County is not quite big enough, so areas from a neighboring county would have to be included, and that would make this proposed district Whiter and thus not the slam dunk the current 7th is. The same goes for a new district that would incorporate more of the Black Belt. But that is not the point, the point is to put the feelers out and begin the process to topple White rule in Alabama. The idea is that eventually they can do just that and have another section of Alabama under the Left’s control. From there, a similar process can be done in Mississippi and Louisiana.
Alabama has a reputation for being one of the most ardent Dixian states, and with good reason. To survive this coming onslaught, she must reach into her history and revive that fighting spirit.
