Shaw v. Reno Vocab
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Racial gerrymandering
The drawing of election districts so as to ensure that members of a certain race are a minority in the district
Fallacy
a faulty argument that at first appears to be correct at first
minority-majority
subdivision in which one or more racial, ethnic, and/or religious minorities make up a majority of the local population.
Redistricting
The redrawing of congressional and other legislative district lines following the census, to accommodate population shifts and keep districts as equal as possible in population.
informal fallacy
a type of mistaken reasoning that occurs when an argument is psychologically or emotionally persuasive but logically incorrect
