Winter 1994 The Great Divide Race, Gender and Politics

This issue of One City chronicles the history of gerrymandering and bloc voting in American politics.

Imitation is said to be the highest form of flattery. “If certain methods were good enough to get white males to occupy most of the seats of political power in the U.S., they ought to be good enough for women, African-Americans, Latinos, etc.” Is that really what some within the new emerging majorities of women and people of color want to say? “Gerrymandering is fine simply because they used it first and won. Bloc voting is essential; you owe it to your group. It is the only way to get any power.” I think not.
—Ann Seng, Former Council President

Articles:

	Racial Gerrymandering
	Hispanic District Proposed
	Whites’ Attitudes Toward Blacks: Chicago and the Nation by Robert Entman
	The Year of the ‘Underdog’ by Brenda Richardson
	Women’s Groups in Netsch’s Corner by Brenda Richardson
	Three Strikes and You’re Out by Bernice Powell Jackson
	Tough Talk on Law and Order
	We Aren’t a Party of Symbols
	Attempting to Raise Voter Participation

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