Asian-Americans Push for Their Own District

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dailyheights
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This one's for you, armchair:

A crowded street in Sunset Park. The 2010 Census shows that this neighborhood is now home to the largest Chinese enclave.

Asian-American civic groups are pushing for redistricting in Brooklyn that would give growing Asian ethnic groups a district and representation of their own.

Claiming that the Asian vote is too diluted across many districts, the groups are hoping to splice together sections of Sunset Park, Bensonhurst and Dyker Heights in a new district that would have a majority population of Chinese immigrants and their descendants.

http://thebrooklynink.com/2012/01/13/40176-asian-americans-push-for-district-of-their-own/

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# Posted 1 yr ago
armchair_warrior
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not gonna happen, same issues in la, zero representation there too.

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# Posted 1 yr ago
armchair_warrior
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The Los Angeles City Council Redistricting Commission got an earful from the diverse reaches of Council District 1 during its Saturday, Jan. 7th redistricting meeting.

Hundreds of residents attended the meeting held in Chinatown at St. Peter’s Italian Catholic Church.

While the district currently only includes a small portion of Koreatown, residents of the community turned out in large numbers to urge the commission to “unite” all of Koreatown in one district.

Koreatown is currently split between Council Districts 1, 4, 10 and 13. Several residents said the fact that not a single member on the city council is Asian, despite the city’s large Asian population, is evidence that the split has diluted their power and representation. The 2010 Census puts the Asian and Pacific Islander population at 15 percent.

http://egpnews.com/?p=33722

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# Posted 1 yr ago
bohuma
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Not going to happen unless said rep is a member of the Democratic Party. NY City and State have the worst examples of gerrymandering anywhere in the world. Apparently "Democrat" is only a name, it doesn't really mean anything.

# Posted 1 yr ago
Boygabriel
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NY City and State have the worst examples of gerrymandering anywhere in the world

Please. This country has miserable gerrymandering everywhere, both parties.

The U.S. literally has a higher reelection rate than communist-era Russia.

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# Posted 1 yr ago