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Well, folks, population of Washington DC is about 75% African-American. It was only in the 1970s that they were permitted to vote for, and be governed by, their own local officials. Until that time, they had no vote, and were controlled by the US Congress. That includes having any say as to how and where thier tax money was allocated.
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So all them white folks that lived there from 1800 to 1970 got to secretly vote just to spite them black folks that came along later?
DC was not always 75% black. Some historical perspective would be a good thing to have when discussing constitutional matters.
The facts are... DC is not a State. It's not a State for a reason... it's the seat of federal government. Frankly, it's small enough that no one should be living in it except Congress, the President and the Supremes. Everyone can commute from Virginia and Maryland.
It is unconstitutional for DC to have a Senator or a Representative. That's the facts. No "color" in it, it's been that way since 1788.
If you don't like it, then get 2/3 of the States to approve a change to the Consitution, or get DC turned into a State. But then we have to move the FedGov somewhere else.