11.   Among the problems hindering the Democrats is that their core constituency groups, such as union members and racial minorities, are at low levels in the Rockies.

12.   And more seats in Congress would mean more points of entry for underrepresented citizens, from racial minorities to blue-collar workers to retirees.

13.   And it takes two months longer to confirm or deny judicial nominees who belong to racial minorities.

14.   And the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to take up a challenge to a federal law that gives preference to socially disadvantaged people, including racial minorities.

15.   And then there is the awkward fact that white males are not a monolith, any more than are racial minorities or women.

16.   As a historian, Okihiro says he studies Asian-Americans as members of a racial minority because that is how they are seen by the white majority.

17.   Attacks on racial minorities increase.

18.   A fortiori, racial minorities should not be less eligible than other groups to benefit from districting plans the majority designs to aid them.

19.   A history of exclusion from state politics left racial minorities without clout to extract provisions for fair representation in the lawmaking forum.