Congratulations to WHITE SUPREMACY for winning a huge victory today.
Asian Americans have consistently been used as a foil to eliminate Affirmative Action programs which serve to repair centuries of intentional discrimination against Black and Latino AND Asian communities.
Having Asian Americans as parties doesn't make it any less racist.
For decades, WHITE SUPREMACISTS have argued that there's no need for direct affirmative action programs because institutional racism has been eliminated.
For anyone actually from minority communities, you know that's complete bullshit.
If you want to see how ASIAN AMERICANS can be used to whitewash discrimination and support a White Supremacist agenda... Talk to Nikki Haley.
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Local school districts complained about the state's shortfall for more than a decade.
Smaller school districts had no choice but to increase local taxes to make up the difference.
State Republicans didn't give a shit until it cost them politically.
Giving the state 100% ownership of the funding for public education ...
Means that state leaders, far removed from the public education system, will have an even bigger pile of cash to siphon from for pet projects, tax give-aways, and perks for big donors.
The cost of public education in Texas is shared by STATE and LOCAL funds. The share (or ratio) of S:L has been shifting hard to the local side for a decade.
I mean, this is a broadly covered topic in Texas politics.
Here's an article ... From 2018!
Let me spell it out for the other Bobs out there:
State and local taxes both pay to keep schools open.
If the state reduces its share of what is a fixed cost, then someone has to make up the difference.
Local districts HAVE to raise taxes to keep schools open!
The "criminals don't follow laws" argument is getting dumber and dumber after each successive mass shooting.
Shooters who intend to commit mass murder may not follow the law, but people around them, like gun sellers, do.
The Uvalde shooter tried multiple times to illegally purchase a weapon before turning 18, but family, friends, and gun sellers refused to break the law.
The Odessa shooter couldn't get a firearm UNTIL he found a seller who was willing to break the law.
The seller in that case was convicted and sentenced to federal prison for that sale.