Some civil rights advocates say their ultimate goal is to move beyond racial and ethnic gerrymandering.

The Supreme Court steered clear of how political boundaries were set until 1960, when it declared racial gerrymandering to be unconstitutional.

In 1994, the existence of his district was challenged as an instance of racial gerrymandering.

It is the angry exclamation of a black man who feels personally patronized and demeaned by what he sees as racial gerrymandering.

But last December, the judges said the district was the result of "racial gerrymandering" and threw it out.

What is termed "racial gerrymandering" in Washington, they call "the ketchup spill" here.

A couple of weeks ago, a judge found Virginia's new redistricting plan tainted by racial gerrymandering.

A second majority-minority district would require "unconstitutional racial gerrymandering," the panel's majority said.

In 1965, Cooper brought suit under the Voting Rights Act against racial gerrymandering.

"We have a situation where we have political and racial gerrymandering."