As a result of being born African American, Coats had to confine living in black neighborhoods, never being able to live in a white suburb. "I knew that my portion of the American galaxy, where bodies were enslaved by a tenacious gravity, was black and that the other liberated portion was not. I knew that some inscrutable energy preserved the breach." It's important to realize, that even today, lawmakers are hindering the influence of African American communities. For example, every 10 years the census takes place and the government records how many people are living in various regions. These regions are known as districts. If a district’s population increases than the politician in control can redraw the district line. However, there is
