Friends,
I encourage all to view this short video featuring NAACP President GaryBledsoe from a talk he delivered at UT during the 2023 Texas legislative session. He explains why the Texas State Legislature planned to remove Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) offices and initiatives from higher education and how this aligns with the earlier legislation against Critical Race Theory (CRT) in Texas K-12 classrooms. Put simply, legislators are responding to the fact that Texas is 59 percent minority and 41 percent white and they shudder at the thought that their own children—together, of course, with children of color—might actually learn the truths of history and inequality in our country.
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| NAACP Pres. Gary Bledsoe, Esq. |
Their "solution" is to make sure as much as possible that every student that comes through our K-12 schools and our state's higher education institutions emerges from them as politically conservative.
I don't see that happening whatever they do, even if a number falls prey. Our state has always been conservative and has always met resistance. That is not going to go away no matter what.
Plus, our youth are so smart and have access to greater knowledge and information than has ever been available in the history of our country. Admittedly, it can be hit and miss, but the fact that our Gen Z youth trend progressive is what's lighting up conservatives. This isn't random, by the way. We birthed this generation and taught them well.
Great job, Gary! What a treat to listen to this today.
-Angela Valenzuela
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