USC SOCI 142 -Explained what happened in the New York
1 a) Explained what happened in the New York City Chinatown redistricting case. What were the assumptions of the districtingcommission members regarding whites, Asian Americans and Latinos and how didthese assumptions affect the way the districts were created? Describe the racialmake-up of the district created around Chinatown, the result in terms of the electoral power of Asian Americans and whites, and the race of people elected in that district. b) Describe the lawsuit Cano v. Davis in the Los Angeles area. Why did MALDEF file this lawsuit? What did the judges conclude? Include a discussion of racially-polarizedvoting.t,
