Texas bills banning diversity programs to protect white privilege will damage the state's economy
drive away private investments in higher education and disqualify the state for federal programs worth billionsWhen companies pay the fee to join the University of Texas at Austin’s Energy Institute, DEI programs for students and faculty are among their top concerns, institute director“Companies expect us as universities to play a role in terms of fostering the diversity of the student body, both in admissions and in terms of graduation and retention,” he said.
Patrick and state Sen. Brandon Creighton, a Houston-area Republican and SB 17’s author, say they want diversity. They simply oppose efforts to measure it, understand the barriers to it, or do something about it. They argue that any attempt to improve diversity and deliver a student body and workforce reflective of the population discriminates against white people.Following the Civil War, northern Republicans knew ending slavery was not enough.
Southern Democrats responded by creating militias to terrorize and suppress Blacks; the most famous was the Ku Klux Klan. Northern politicians abandoned their efforts a few years later in return for a political deal, something
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