Thread by @Darlene_McD

Digging into this VERY confusing bill reveals how dangerous it is. We know that African American women are 3-5 times more likely to die of pregnancy or delivery complications than white women. #HB451 would make it illegal to gather that data. #utpol #utleg
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If my understanding of this bill is correct, we know that financial institutions have charged minorities higher interest rates on home loans despite having the same down payment and credit score than their White peers. This bill would make it illegal to capture that data.

If this bill is an attempt to defeat Affirmative Action, because they believe it gives advantages to undeserving minorities, the biggest benefactors of affirmative action are white women. vox.com/2016/5/25/1168…

Personally, I believe it's because they really don't want the data that is derived from the REAL definition of Critical Race Theory. They don't want to know how racism is codified in law, embedded in structures, and woven into public policy. So, it would prevent things like

a Racial Impact Assessment that should be done on MOST bills. If a Racial Impact Assessment on the redistricting map had been completed, it would have likely shown how it divided communities of interest that included communities of color that are likely to vote a certain way.

A community of interest is a neighborhood, community, or group of people who have common policy concerns. Had a Racial Impact Assessment been completed on #HB215, it would have shown exactly how communities of color are negatively impacted by voucher programs. We now need to

watch very closely, #HB451. This bill is beyond a hot mess. It's dangerous. #utleg #utpol