VIDEO: José Ángel Gutiérrez On Texas Redistricting

Activist and attorney José Ángel Gutiérrez gave News Taco an interview about what’s at stake in Texas’ redistricting fight — which revolves around the huge growth of Latinos in that state. He gave a brief overview of several issues at stake:

• Latinos are not players in the redistricting fight.
• Latinos need to be 63% of a district in order to win an election because they’re only. 23% of the actual vote.
• In a case in Sherman, TX a case, Teuber vs. Texas, some authorities are trying to eliminate counting anyone but citizens for redistricting purposes.
• Latinos are the “new blacks, new slaves,” in the sense of the 3/5 Compromise, in which Latinos are counted for representation and taxation purposes, but have no political power.
• “Inevitably we are going to paint The White House brown”
• 5 things people can do to help create Latino representation

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