Chris Chu de León is a native Texan and community organizer. He is a graduate student at Harvard University, where he’ll commission as a U.S. Army officer. Follow him on Twitter: @chrischudeleon
Need more of a reason to hate the military officers?
Texas opened doors for my family, but Republicans who hold all statewide offices and both U.S. Senate seats are now trying to slam the door shut, lock it and throw away the key. Through gerrymandering, they reduced the number of majority-Black and Latino congressional districts and split up Asian communities – significantly diluting political power for the Texans of color who have driven population growth.
Those evil racist whites allowed black and brown people to make up the overwhelming majority of population growth but we’re oppressed!
But the Texas I know is Black and brown, with more than 50% of the state’s population being Black, Latino or Asian.
The Texas I know is young, with nearly half of the state being younger than 35.
The Texas I know is worth fighting for.
Ah, Obscene racism is okay as long as it’s anti white. Tell me, what’s the states “brown” population when you take out the millions of Illegal aliens?
That’s amazing math for 50% of the state to be not White. When US Census data says the state is 78.7% white. Are they including illegal immigrants in their calculations?
This type article is just a perfect example of their clueless and bad journalism.
Then the stuff they call out is just so stupid...
Texas’ status as the hardest place to vote in the country
If this is the hardest place to vote, then damn it's easy to vote other places. I'm coming up on 15 years in Texas and I've voted pretty much every year here in several different areas I've lived at those times. Voting is about as difficult as going to the grocery store, gas station, getting food, going to work. In fact in many cases it's easier. I walked to vote many times and I've never waited in line more than 10 people. What I really think they are saying is it's hard for unqualified people to vote here.
Only 19% of Texas voters believe there is frequent voter fraud
If you were asking about Texas specifically, I'd probably be on the 81% group as well. I don't see evidence of frequent fraud here because of the things put in place. It's very transparent. Still, why not put more protections in place? The stuff they are adding is totally trivial to a legit qualified voter.
But the Texas I know is Black and brown, with more than 50% of the state’s population being Black, Latino or Asian.
It's the Latinos. Yeah, basically just the Latinos making up that number. They probably don't want to be lumped in with the Blacks either.
To put the state’s seismic political weight into perspective, based on the current electoral map, Democrats could lose Arizona, Florida, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin – and still take the White House if they won Texas.
By the way, this is why they want Texas, and it's really the only reason, but that's enough of my ranting about stupidity.
What I really think they are saying is it's hard for unqualified people to vote here.
That's what they always mean. They're calling any attempt to make our elections slightly less corrupt, "Jim Crow 2.0." It's not about voting rights it's about there ability to stuff ballots.
Need more of a reason to hate the military officers?
Those evil racist whites allowed black and brown people to make up the overwhelming majority of population growth but we’re oppressed!
Ah, Obscene racism is okay as long as it’s anti white. Tell me, what’s the states “brown” population when you take out the millions of Illegal aliens?
The King of the Hill reboot is going to totally suck, isn't it .....
That’s amazing math for 50% of the state to be not White. When US Census data says the state is 78.7% white. Are they including illegal immigrants in their calculations?
The US Census counts most Hispanics as white. When he's counting them, he counts them as PoC.
And AFAIK the US Census counts illegal immigrants. Unless he sources his data I can't tell you whether it includes them.
This type article is just a perfect example of their clueless and bad journalism.
Then the stuff they call out is just so stupid...
If this is the hardest place to vote, then damn it's easy to vote other places. I'm coming up on 15 years in Texas and I've voted pretty much every year here in several different areas I've lived at those times. Voting is about as difficult as going to the grocery store, gas station, getting food, going to work. In fact in many cases it's easier. I walked to vote many times and I've never waited in line more than 10 people. What I really think they are saying is it's hard for unqualified people to vote here.
If you were asking about Texas specifically, I'd probably be on the 81% group as well. I don't see evidence of frequent fraud here because of the things put in place. It's very transparent. Still, why not put more protections in place? The stuff they are adding is totally trivial to a legit qualified voter.
It's the Latinos. Yeah, basically just the Latinos making up that number. They probably don't want to be lumped in with the Blacks either.
By the way, this is why they want Texas, and it's really the only reason, but that's enough of my ranting about stupidity.
That's what they always mean. They're calling any attempt to make our elections slightly less corrupt, "Jim Crow 2.0." It's not about voting rights it's about there ability to stuff ballots.
I don't care if they are racist. I care that they are indistinguishable from satanic demons.
Worst part is that a lot of them are whites. I think God should start the cleansing with them.
(((White)))
Yep and that most have Vaginas.
Islam is like a broken clock. Its at least right twice a day.
Honestly these people need to move from majority white countries. They see everything as racism.
True. I live in Texas and I’m a bit worried. Although Hispanics here are shifting more red it seems