I don’t know Perma. Lee Atwater first came up with the ‘majority minority’ formula and It did appear to be a good idea. However it gave us a bunch of entrenched, unqualified, senior black incumbents. Also it contributed to black isolation and block voting.
So .... was the formula good or bad for the country in the long run ?
Democrats and courts which forced the so-called “Voting Rights Act” of the early 1990s certainly — and obviously unintentionally — helped the Republican party in the deep South. Newt Gingrich quickly recognized the flaw in the liberal plan and therefore came out four-square in favor of it though his doing so raised some eyebrows at the time.
If having a few entrenched racist idiots like Corrine Brown, Shiela Jackson-Lee and others (as if the Jacksonville and Houston ghettos would ever elect anyone better, under ANY district map) is the price to pay for Republican control of the House, then so be it.
Unfortunately, Republican “control” now means liberal RINO control and has therefore become worthless, and squishes like John Boehner who enable our monkey-puppet President and his party are far worse for America than the presence of a few single-digit IQ types like Brown, Lee, et al who at least provide entertainment value.