What Voting Rights Act standard would apply to challenge the cracking of Indianapolis's Black voting population?

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The Gingles test (from Thornburg v. Gingles, 1986) requires showing: (1) the minority group is sufficiently large and geographically compact to form a majority in a district, (2) the minority group is politically cohesive, and (3) the white majority votes as a bloc to usually defeat the minority's preferred candidates. Indianapolis's Black population likely meets all three, making the cracking legally vulnerable under Section 2.

What Voting Rights Act standard would apply to challenge the cracking of Indianapolis's Black voting population?

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