Do racialized voting patterns degrade democracy?

And if so, how does one reconcile the idea that multiculturalism strengthens democracy? Race accounts for something, judging by how the masses always self-segregate. No nation made up of different has ever continued as such. It has historically either broken up or undergone some process of normalization, usually with the aid of a common enemy or an autocratic government. Ten thousand years of history backs this up. Now, go ahead and be snarky. Let it rip.

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  • I'm a Black "former" democrat voting republican for the first time in November. Individuals make decisions based on what's good for them at that point in their lives. When I was younger I voted Democrat. My circumstances have changed.

  • Multiculturalism has worked for thousands of years. For commerce to work contact and mixing is a necessity. Cities and rural areas alike need commerce. Today's populations could not survive without commerce.

    There are no hard-fast rules in defining races, they can be defined by religion, national-origin, culture, common physical characteristics etc. There is no reliable or consistent biological categories. Arabs, Persians, Mexicans, Jews, Muslims, Italians, Irish Catholics, blacks can all, and have all been called another race. Discrimination against any group based on this fluid definition can be called racism. 

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    Race is a concept used in the categorization of humans into groups, called races or racial groups, based on combinations of shared physical traits, ancestry, genetics, and social or cultural traits. Although such groupings lack a firm basis in modern biology, they continue to have a strong influence over contemporary social relations.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_(human_categori...

    The human species has no subspecies, because all major populations are genetically mixed, and have been so for centuries. In the human species there has been a substantial amount of "RACE-MIXING", therefore it would not be correct to speak of human "subspecieses". Most Whites have a fair amount of "Black" and "Asian" blood, most Blacks have a certain amount of "White" or "Asian" blood, therefore it would not be appropriate to speak of "White Race" or "Black Race" or "Asian Race". Race Mixing has become a HALLMARK, a distinguishing feature of the human species, which sets us apart from other species.

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    DNA

    https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/the-ancient-dna-...

  • Racialized voting patterns are often a result of gerrymandering, a favorite tactic of the GOP.

  • WTF is radicalized voting patterns.

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