Roy Exum: How Redistricting Works Tuesday, June 29, 2021 - by Roy Exum
Roy Exum
NOTE: This article has appeared in the last week in several in-state news websites that explains how redistricting works. Once every 10 years, right after the new census in taken, bipartisan committees at the state, county, and local levels determine what is a fair representation of the voters, altering district boundaries to establish an equal population balance. Written by a knowledgeable Lucas Brooks, here is an insight on what that means. Brooks went as far as to present a proposed model, which I have omitted, to allow readers to see what will be proposed in the coming weeks on all three levels.
Redistricting in Tennessee: An explanation of how the system works – Tennessee Lookout
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Memphis Rep. Antonio Parkinson told CNN Wednesday that some Tennessee legislators are attempting to whitewash history and remove accountability after a debate on the House floor about whether to restrict educators from teaching about systemic racism. I think the goal is actually not to teach it, Parkinson told anchor Victor Blackwell. . if you can t find a balance in it, based on this law, and you try to teach it and it s not balanced then you could lose funding to your school, to your school district based on this legislation.
Republicans in the Tennessee General Assembly are pushing for the state to withhold funding to schools that teach themes like inequality, racial and sexist privilege and the critical race theory teaching that racism is deep-rooted in U.S. institutions and that white people benefit from it.
Tenn. lawmaker: Three-Fifths Compromise was to end slavery
Tenn. lawmaker suggest 3/5 compromise helped end slavery By Associated Press | May 6, 2021 at 3:37 PM EDT - Updated May 6 at 3:37 PM
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) â A Tennessee Republican falsely declared Tuesday that an 18th century policy designating a slave as three-fifths of a person was adopted for âthe purpose of ending slavery,â commenting amid a debate over whether educators should be restricted while teaching about systematic racism in America.
During lengthy debate on the GOP-controlled House floor, several Black lawmakers expressed concerns about the billâs impact on how certain subjects would be taught in schools, specifically highlighting the Three-Fifths Compromise. The policy was made during the nationâs Constitutional Convention in 1787 and classified that three-fifths of a stateâs slave population could be counted toward its total population when apportioning taxes and states
GOP lawmaker in Tennessee: Three-Fifths Compromise was to end slavery
Kimberlee Kruesi
A Tennessee Republican falsely declared Tuesday that an 18th century policy designating a slave as three-fifths of a person was adopted for the purpose of ending slavery, commenting amid a debate over whether educators should be restricted while teaching about systematic racism in America.
During the lengthy debate on the GOP-controlled House floor, several Black lawmakers expressed concerns about the bill s impact on how certain subjects would be taught in schools, specifically highlighting the Three-Fifths Compromise. The policy was made during the nation s Constitutional Convention in 1787 and classified a slave as three-fifths of a person when apportioning taxes and states representation in Congress.
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