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Vincent Perez: “If you are Black, it takes 2 million.”

Featuring: Vincent Perez, Democratic | Texas House of Representatives, District 77

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'It Is Shameful': TX Lawmaker Vincent Perez Accuses GOP Of 'Racial Disparities' In Redistricted Map

Published | Video Starts at 05:00

Under this map, white Texans receive white one member of Congress for every 445,000 residents. If you are Hispanic, it takes about 1.4 million residents for that same representation. If you are Black, it takes 2 million. In this proposal, a Hispanic Texan has one third the political value of a white Texan under this plan and a black Texan one fifth. (05:00–05:04)

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Asserts that it takes 2 million Black residents to receive the same congressional representation.

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