slothrop@lemmy.ca to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agoThe Supreme Court will soon decide if only Republicans are allowed to gerrymanderarchive.isexternal-linkmessage-square43fedilinkarrow-up1329arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: conservative@sh.itjust.worksprogressivepolitics@lemmy.world
arrow-up1329arrow-down1external-linkThe Supreme Court will soon decide if only Republicans are allowed to gerrymanderarchive.isslothrop@lemmy.ca to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square43fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: conservative@sh.itjust.worksprogressivepolitics@lemmy.world
minus-squareAdamEatsAss@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down1·6 days agoLatino isn’t a race. It’s anyone from Latin America. It’s an ethnicity.
minus-squareKabaka@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·6 days agoThe applicable laws protect “language minorities” or discuss “race, color, or national origin.” The race vs ethnicity argument isn’t legally relevant since the scope is broader than that.
minus-squaregustofwind@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 days agoThat may be so but it’s a race category of the US census so for legal purposes it’s a race
minus-squarearamis87@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 days agoI’m not sure the current court has the integrity to understand that
Latino isn’t a race. It’s anyone from Latin America. It’s an ethnicity.
The applicable laws protect “language minorities” or discuss “race, color, or national origin.” The race vs ethnicity argument isn’t legally relevant since the scope is broader than that.
That may be so but it’s a race category of the US census so for legal purposes it’s a race
I’m not sure the current court has the integrity to understand that