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Justin Jones: “They knew what it was doing was diluting black and brown…”

Featuring: Justin Jones, Democratic | Tennessee House of Representatives, District 52

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INTERVIEW: Rep. Justin Jones & D.L. Hughley

Published | Video Starts at 13:07

Jason Zachary said that they made these maps based off of US Census data, but they only looked at partisanship. It's not a party. It says race, it says age, things like that. They knew, and with surgical precision, They knew what it was doing was diluting black and brown voters. It was very clear, talking to us like we are ignorant to tell us that it wasn't about race. The same chamber traffic in the politics of racism. (13:07–13:11)

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Asserts that the map redistricting was intended to dilute black and brown voters.

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