Examining the Pro-White Bias in the Senate
White America is overwhelmingly overrepresented in the Senate making it America’s most structurally racist institution
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Aug 12, 2020
New York Magazine’s Jonathan Chait explains how, in addition to a multitude of other systems, the Senate is structured to favor and represent the needs of White America over all others. It’s simple math: residents of small, inherently Whiter states have proportionally more representation and fewer minority voters. This math creates a pro-White bias in the Senate…