{"id":1442,"date":"2025-08-25T10:25:32","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T10:25:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lavoz.us.com\/homepage\/?p=1442"},"modified":"2025-08-25T17:28:29","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T17:28:29","slug":"this-is-how-texas-redrawing-endargers-minorities-voices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lavoz.us.com\/homepage\/american-community-media\/this-is-how-texas-redrawing-endargers-minorities-voices\/","title":{"rendered":"THIS IS HOW TEXAS REDRAWING ENDARGERS MINORITIES VOICES"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Representative Gene Wu, along with experts and activists, has warned about the recently passed legislation to redraw Texas\u2019 congressional maps. They argue this change would endanger minority political representation. In response, California and other Democrativ-led states are preparing to fight \u201cfire with fire\u201d, according to Rep. Wu.
American Community Media <\/a>hosted a key conversatiton analyzing the posible consequences the new electoral map would have on Black, Latino, Asian, and other minority group in the so-called \u201credistriting war\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat they’re trying to do is rewrite the rules in the middle of the game\u201d<\/strong>
Democrats argue that adopting the new maps will tilt the 2026 midterm election in favor of President Trump. Texas State Representative Gene Wu stated that \u201cwhat they\u2019re trying to do is rewrite the rules in the middle of the game because they know they\u2019re going to lose. Everything that\u2019s happening is so incredibly unpopular, not just what President Trump is doing, but also what Republicans are doing in Congress.\u201d. Wu also noted that redistriting is required to be done only after a census.
According to the Representative, securing five extra seats it would require heavily racially gerrymandering an already gerrymandered map. \u201cWhat it will mean is that our communities will have even less voice\u201d, explained Wu reffering to Latino, Black and Asian communities. \u201cOur people will die because if we can’t ask for services, we can’t ask for support. Money doesn\u2019t come, people die\u201d, he concluded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How does it impact minorities?<\/strong>
\u201cRedistricting i show we determine who gets elected for positions, and that is important because who we elect is our voice on important issues like flood relief or funding\u201d, explained Karla Maradiaga, a Staff Attorney in the Voting Rights Program.
Maradiaga echoed the concers of many residents, focusing on the motivation for the redistricting and the lack of transparency in the process: \u201cThere was seemingly no reason other than a letter from the Trump administration asking Governor Abbott to do this\u201d. Melissa Allala, resident of the Congressional District 29 and longtime activists, reported that \u201cat the hearings nobody had seen the maps\u201d.
Carmela Walker, from the Center for Social Justice & Education Houston Area Urban League, emphasized the gravity of the situation by predicting that \u201cminority communities are going to have their voices muted\u201d.
\u201cWe have a duty to ensure that we make the choices, because we’re tax-paying people.\u201d, Walker stated. She explained that this could affect everything from school funding to the very capacity to vote. \u201cIt’s beyond just Black people.\u201d, she noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fight fire with fire<\/strong>
Rep. Wu stated that he is looking forward to engaging with Democratic-led states to build what he calls a \u201cdefensive wall\u201d. His strategy involves promoting trigger bills that would redraw the congressional maps in as many blue states as posible.
\u201cIf they do fire, if Governor Abbott decides he wants to be Trump\u2019s lapdog, just know that it\u2019ll for no effect\u201d, said Wu. The idea is that, when Texas approves those five adittional seats, states like California would immediately respond by adding five seats of their own.
\u201cWhat we need to go next is New York. We need to go back to Illinois. We need to go to New Hampshire. We need to go to all the blue states. Everybody needs to put in a trigger law. That is the way we save this country\u201d, Wu asserted.
In the meantime, Karla Maradiaga is urging communities to speak out agains the redrawing. She also emphasizes the importance of voting, even if it feels hopeless: \u201cI do want to remind people that, not all races depend on maps. So still going out and voting is very important\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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AS\u00cd ES COMO EL CAMBIO DE MAPA ELECTORAL EN TEXAS AMENAZA LA VOZ DE MINOR\u00cdAS<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n


El representante Gene Wu, junto con expertos y activistas, ha advertido sobre la recientemente aprobada ley que redefine el mapa electoral de Texas. De acuerdo a ellos, este cambio pondr\u00eda en peligro la representaci\u00f3n pol\u00edtica de minor\u00edas. En respuesta, California y otros estados gobernados por dem\u00f3cratas se preparar para combatir \u201cfuego con fuego\u201d, seg\u00fan declar\u00f3 el propio Wu.
American Community Media organiz\u00f3 una conversaci\u00f3n crucial que analiz\u00f3 las posibles consecuencias que el nuevo mapa electoral tendr\u00eda para las comunidades negra, latina, asi\u00e1tica y otros grupos minoritarios dentro de la llamada \u201credistriting war\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLo que est\u00e1n intentando hacer es alterar las reglas en medio del juego\u201d<\/strong>
Dem\u00f3cratas argumentan que adoptar nuevos mapas inclinar\u00eda las elecciones legislativas de 2026 a favor del presidente Trump. El representante estatal de Texas, Gene Wu, declar\u00f3 que \u201clo que est\u00e1n intentando hacer es alterar las reglas en medio del juego porque saben que van a perder. Todo lo que est\u00e1 sucediendo en muy impopular; no solamente lo que hace Trump, sino tambi\u00e9n lo que los republicanos est\u00e1n haciendo en el Congreso\u201d. Wu tambi\u00e9n aclar\u00f3 que la redistritaci\u00f3n es un proceso que, por ley, debe realizarse despu\u00e9s de un censo.
Seg\u00fan el legislador, para asegurar cinco esca\u00f1os adicionales ser\u00eda necesario aplicar un gerrymandering racial masivo en un mapa que ya de por s\u00ed esta manipulado. \u201cEsto significar\u00eda que nuestras comunidades tendr\u00e1n a\u00fan menos voz\u201d, explic\u00f3 Wu, refiri\u00e9ndose a las comunidades latina, negra y asi\u00e1tica. \u201cNuestra gente morir\u00e1 si no podemos exigir servicios ni pedir ayuda. Si no llega el dinero, la gente muere\u201d, sentenci\u00f3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00bfC\u00f3mo impacta esto a las minor\u00edas?<\/strong>
\u201cLa redistribuci\u00f3n determina qui\u00e9n sale electo para los cargos, y eso es crucial porque quienes elegimos son nuestra voz en temas importantes como ayuda por inundaciones o financiamiento\u201d, explic\u00f3 Karla Maradiaga, abogada del programa Voting Rights.
Maradiaga hizo eco de la preocupaci\u00f3n ciudadana, cuestionando la motivaci\u00f3n detr\u00e1s del cambio y la opacidad del proceso: \u201cAl parecer, la \u00fanica raz\u00f3n fue una carta de la administraci\u00f3n de Trump pidi\u00e9ndole al gobernador Abbott que hiciera esto\u201d. Melissa Allala, residente del Distrito Congressional 29 y activista de larga trayectoria, report\u00f3 que \u201cen las audiencias, nadie hab\u00eda visto los mapas\u201d.
Carmela Walker, del Centro para la Justicia Social y la Educaci\u00f3n de la Liga Urbana de Houston, enfatiz\u00f3 la gravedad de la situaci\u00f3n al predecir que \u201ca las comunidades minoritarias se les va a silenciar la voz\u201d.
\u201cTenemos el deber de asegurar que nosotros tomemos las decisiones, porque somos contribuyentes\u201d, declar\u00f3 Walker. Explic\u00f3 que esto podr\u00eda afectar desde el financiamiento de las escuelas hasta la propia capacidad de votar. \u201cEsto va m\u00e1s all\u00e1 de solo la comunidad negra\u201d, puntualiz\u00f3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Combatir fuego con fuego<\/strong>
El representante Wu declar\u00f3 que espera colaborar con estados dem\u00f3cratas para construir lo que denomina un \u201cmuro defensivo\u201d. Su estrategia consiste en impulsar trigger bills que redefinir\u00edan el mapa electoral en la mayor cantidad posible de estados azules.
\u201cSi ellos juegan con fuego, si el gobernador Abbott decide ser el perrito faldero de Trump, que sepa que no va a quedar sin respuesta\u201d, afirm\u00f3 Wu. La idea es que si Texas aprueba esas cinco curules adicionales, estados como California responder\u00edan de inmediato a\u00f1adiendo cinco esca\u00f1os propios.
\u201cNuestro pr\u00f3ximo destino debe ser Nueva York. Tenemos que ir a Illinois. Tenemos que ir a New Hampshire. Tenemos que ir a cada estado azul y presionar para que aprueben leyes autom\u00e1ticas. As\u00ed es como salvamos a este pa\u00eds\u201d, sostuvo Wu.
Mientras tanto, Karla Maradiago insta a las comunidades a alzar la voz contra estos cambios. Tambi\u00e9n enfatiza en la importancia de votar, incluso si hay una sensaci\u00f3n de desesperanza: \u201c\u201cQuiero recordarle a la gente que no todas las contiendas electorales dependen de estos mapas. Por eso, salir a votar sigue siendo tremendamente importante\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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