[Ads-l] majority-minority district

[Bill Mullins]

Not in OED.

Fred, perhaps this is appropriate for the African American OED project?



1971 Corpus Christi Caller-Times 23 Sep B1/6

Establishment of a special school bus run from Travis to Sanders Elementary School for students who have transferred under the "majority-minority" school district policy.

https://www.newspapers.com/image/757054259/?terms=%22majority%20minority%20district%22


1978 Houston Post 23 Jan 1/3

We see the 50 percent cutoff as an incentive to majority-minority districts like Houston to cooperate with primarily Anglo districts in join magnet school programs.

https://www.newspapers.com/image/1203636967/?match=1&terms=%22majority%20minority%20district%22



1992 Columbus Call & Post 13 Feb 4/3

According to Appeals Court Judge John Peck, Tilling’s public statement that the Apportionment Board was “under a mandate that wherever a majority-minority district can be created, that must be done,” was incorrect.

https://archive.org/details/columbuscallpost00lync_21/page/n175/mode/1up?q=%22majority+minority+district%22




1994 Lani Guinier The Tyranny of the Majority 84

This is a problem where a so-called majority-minority district lacks a majority of minority registered voters.

https://archive.org/details/tyrannyofmajori00guin/page/84/mode/1up?q=%22majority+minority+district%22



      



2001 C. Barbour, G. C. Wright _Power and Citizenship in American Politics_ G-6/2

majority-minority district   legislative district drawn so that a majority of its voters belong to a racial or ethnic minority

https://archive.org/details/keepingrepublice0000barb_x9w5/page/702/mode/1up?q=%22majority+minority+district%22



2005 Journal of Teacher Education v56 n2 Mar/Apr 138/2

The district is 58% Latino, is the only majority/minority district, and is the only urban district in the state.

https://archive.org/details/journalofteacher0056unse/page/138/mode/1up?q=%22majority+minority+district%22

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