Activists Decry Voter 'Cracking' Against Kansas City Black Community Across Troost

A boldly worded screed offers a glimpse at resistance to a recent Missouri Supreme Court decision and reminds us that the success or failure of this effort will likely be decided by petition power that's also confronting legal challenges.  

Take a peek: 

"What this means in plain terms is that roughly 200,000 Black voters in Kansas City will no longer be able to elect a representative of their choosing. The city’s only Black-held congressional seat has been carved into three separate districts, with Black neighborhoods east of Troost stretched into white rural territory 200 miles away. Our collective voting power has been deliberately diluted. The technical term is “cracking.”

"And the line they chose to cut along is Troost Avenue, the most infamous racial boundary in Kansas City’s history. In one damning example of the absurdity of the new map, the Independence Boulevard Christian Church on Troost has its building in one congressional district, its parking lot in a second, and the apartments across the street in a third."

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

🚨 Missouri's Apartheid Redistricting: Supreme Court Upholds Trump-Ordered Racist Voter Scheme to Kill Black Kansas City's Vote. - The Kansas City Defender