The Founding Fathers loathed rotten boroughs and wrote Article One, Section 2 of the Constitution to guarantee equal apportionment.
Gerrymandering is still a problem. There need to be federal laws regarding compactness, contiguousness, etc. I think color-blindness should be part of it but that's not going to happen any time soon.
CNNs Jim Acosta Shouts at Trump: Is This Still a Democracy?
TRUMP: "No, it never was. We are a Constitutional Republic.
You should take a Civics lesson Jimmy."@realDonaldTrump— ✞♕In God I Trust♕✞ (@InGodIDoTrust) June 2, 2020
Agreed, that’s why I said current county/parish lines. It’s built in and doesn’t nod to color or cred.