Pshh Appalachia is more diverse than you realize. Lol
I always thought the law was more about keeping Democrats from voting (hence the restrictions on students, etc.) rather than black people specifically; the latter is just the reason it got struck down.
EDIT: And hey, if you have the majority, I can understand why you’d try to make sure you keep it; just call it the political move that it is, essentially another version of gerrymandering, rather than acting like you’re innocently trying to protect voters. The NC law, at least, was very transparently about more than “protection”