Ugh!
Perhaps.
This entire conversation would be immaterial if the nitwits on the Supreme Court-and the venal characters that seem to thrive in the halls of our U.S. Congress, people who are only interested in their next reelection race-hadn't tampered with the 1965 Voting Rights Act.
The racial/political gerrymandering that determines the lines of our congressional districts is simply outrageous.
"The racial/political gerrymandering that determines the lines of our congressional districts is simply outrageous."
While that is true in most cases, McKinney's current district is pretty much what one would expect. Do you think that the black communities in South DeKalb should be pareceled out among several districts? If not, it would be difficult to draw a district that wouldn't have similar demographics and partisan breakdowns as the current 4th CD; you could add territory north, south, east or west of South DeKalb, and you'd still have a black-majority, overwhelmingly Democrat district.
What is outrageous, though, is that an overwhelming majority of black Democrats in suburban DeKalb County would vote for an anti-Semitic, unpatriotic demagogue like McKinney. Sure, she didn't face as strong a challenger as Majette, with her two main rivals being white women, one of whom was a lesbian from Fulton County, but one would have thought that McKinney would have still be held under 50%. Bill Cosby needs to have a chat with residents of South DeKalb.