UNL to dissolve Office of Diversity and Inclusion among other changes | Nebraska Public Media
This isn’t suspect at all. Also, when the move gets the praise of out racist governor, the same one who tried to cancel critical race theory at the university, you know this isn’t the right move.
@pratik We’ve been a lowkey southern state for a minute now. I’m glad I live in one of the “blue dots” in the state.
@skoobz I used to placate myself by thanking my stars for living in a blue dot (Austin), but state policies affect everyone. In fact, Texas goes the extra mile to outlaw any liberal policies (electoral, environmental, housing, etc.) enacted by the city. In the end, I am increasingly uncomfortable with my taxes (sales only in the case of Texas) supporting anti-women and anti-trans laws. People directly affected by these laws have already been forced out of the state, blue dot or not.
@skoobz I hear ya. Most people have economic and family reasons to not make the move so understandable. Increasingly, it’s getting difficult to justify living in Texas. We have four of the ten largest cities in the country so the excuse of mostly being a rural conservative state does even apply here.
@pratik That amazes me about Texas, especially with Houston in the mix. You look at the Pacific coast states, basically one or two metro areas dominate the politics. I’ll be shocked the day Washington State has a Republican governor.
Even here, the majority of the population lives in or around Omaha or Lincoln. There’s a couple threats to red seats here with Don Bacon and Deb Fischer getting some heat. Nebraska is one of two states (Maine being the other) who don’t do winner take all in the electoral college, and there’s a strong chance at a couple of those votes going blue here in November. Unfortunately there’s powers that be who still have control of their situations, like those at UNL. But, there’s signs some folks are getting a little sick of GOP politics here in places where they’ve always aligned.
@skoobz Texas is a prime example of how electoral policy can affect people and their representation. Gerrymandering has made Texas a Congressional-red state whereas the reality is more of a 50-50. Laws restricting voting rights and access make state-level elections more competitive than they actually are (Harris County with Houston with a population of 4.2 million now can have only one drop box for ballots). See North Carolina as another example. The overturning of the Voting Rights Act did more damage to democracy than the attack on the Capitol. Such laws simply frustrate people who while not knowing about these changes think their vote is not making a difference and hence tend to not vote next time which achieves the Republican objectives.
