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Why some Republicans want to narrow who counts as Black

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The Louisiana Republicans Are Making Other Arguments About Race and Redistricting

Republican officials in Louisiana are arguing that a narrower definition of black would keep people from over counting the number of black people. The lower courts thought this argument was weak sauce, but the Supreme Court still decided to take on this case. "There's a lot of evidence that black people are undercounted in the census," she says.

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