Rationale
This topic is important because of the historic and present-day effects. It is highly relevant to students and cultures regarding setbacks and/or recurrences. Awareness is critical at this stage to ensure the next generation is informed. Blackshear’s connections to current events involve gerrymandering, the deliberate manipulation of voting district boundaries.
Gerrymandered maps use highly specific voter data. The mapping software for gerrymandering is used to dilute the opposition's voting power, generally by executing two primary tactics: spreading the opposing party's supporters across multiple districts. This is so they are a minority in each and cannot win any of them. Then there is packing, concentrating as many opposition voters as possible into a few districts.
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