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This episode discusses how redistricting is a tool of political power that shapes community representation, contrasting the technical narrative with the underlying truths.

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Rational Black Thought. I am your host, Neo Griot. This week's title is "Don't Believe the Hype" from Public Enemy — because this episode is about the stories power tells to hide what power is actually doing. The hype tells us redistricting is just a technical process carried out by people with maps, computers, and respectable job titles. The truth is that redistricting is how political power decides which communities count, which get carved up, and which get to ...

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