The country is divided. Let’s divide the country. Gerrymandering ensures that Democrats and Republicans preserve the status quo.
Most Congressional seats are virtually uncontested. Everyone knows this.
If you live in a gerrymandered district and are of the minority, you are in a tiny minority and your representative does not have to listen to you at all. If gerrymandering were to disappear, politics and politicians would be less extreme. People would have to talk to each other. Maybe new parties would spring up.
Bernie Sanders, for example, is an Independent Senator. He is drawing big crowds in Republican districts. He is not dependent on money from Political Action Committees.
Perpetuation of the divisive strategy will change eventually, either painfully or peacefully.
— Burt Raabe
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This letter powerfully underscores how systemic inequities persist when Black communities are asked to justify their pain while others are affirmed without question. The call for ‘consequence culture’ over ‘cancel culture’ reframes accountability as a path to healing rather than division. It’s a reminder that solidarity across communities must be rooted in mutual recognition, not selective empathy.