Why some Republicans want to narrow who counts as Black

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🗓️ 7 December 2022

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Republican officials in Louisiana want to change how Black people are counted in voting maps. If their plan is successful, it could shrink the power of Black voters across the country — and further gut the Voting Rights Act.

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0:00.0	What's good y'all, you're listening to Coast Switch, I'm Gene Demby.
0:05.0	And joining us today is our play cousin, Hazy Lil Wong.
0:08.1	He's an MPR's resident census expert.
0:10.0	He's a correspondent on MPR's watching a desk.
0:11.9	He's a South Philly native like myself.
0:13.6	Oh yeah, and he's also a Coast Switch alum.
0:15.8	HLDUBS, what's good with you, mate?
0:17.5	How you doing?
0:18.5	It has been too long.
0:20.0	Too long.
0:21.0	Alright, Hazy, so whenever you come, most of the podcasts, you always bring us some story
0:26.8	from Census Land that is low-key terrifying.
0:29.8	That is my brand.
0:30.8	So are you about to tell us something really unsettling right now?
0:35.4	Well, I mean, let's see.
0:38.3	Okay, here we go.
0:41.4	Let me introduce everyone first to this Louisiana.
0:45.0	My name is Reina David and I live in New Orleans, Louisiana.
0:49.8	Reina is an artist.
0:51.1	I'm an interfashion.
0:53.1	I do quilts and I'm a painter artist.
0:58.5	I mean, I'm scattered all over the place when it comes to creativity.
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