Former Black Congressman: Racial redistricting hurts voters

Former Congressman Artur Davis discusses:

The artificial creation of legislative districts with a majority of minorities (majority minority districts) is counterproductive and distorts normal politics, says a former beneficiary of such districts, retired Democratic Rep. Artur Davis.

“Like many generally good ideas in politics, it has been pushed to its limit and now it creates perverse consequences. … It has made race even more important in southern politics, and that’s not a good thing,” he told The Daily Caller during an exclusive interview in Washington, D.C.