I thought that &quot;make sure the black people have a vote&quot; thing was a pretty clever way to disenfranchise them.  One vote has very little power and you have sequestered most of the constituents behind that one vote, so the people with actual power (the majority of the other representatives) don&#x27;t have to worry about them.<p>I am amazed that people still consider it a good thing.  Or that they ever considered it a good thing.