Lily-White Equality

Texas represents a national demographic shift that will cause the United States to become a “minority-majority” country in the near future. Texas achieved that status in 2004, when racial and ethnic minority populations, both native and foreign-born, collectively outnumber non-Hispanic whites; in addition, the state

Gail Collins, in her book “As Texas Goes” briefly described Texas history and how the era of independent republic gave rise to: don’t mess with Texas mentality. I found this book insightful, even though I was pissed off at first because I live in Texas and many of these things I didn’t know. Collins gives the whole picture without being disrespectful by showing some of her points. However she does give a very good dose of sarcasm which I found very interesting and somewhat funny. Her sarcasm shows the reality and gave me some information that I didn’t really know before. As a Texas resident, a lot of things were unknown to me. But her discussion about textbooks, gun control and mostly education were fascinating and caught my attention. However the things I knew about Texas, and the way she discussed a lot of them somewhat I agree with her, there are some I just don’t agree neither disagree simply because I don’t know enough about them, lastly there are some I do disagree. And of course I was able to learn more details about each area, facts and figures from this book. Though after reading this book it is depressing to see on some of the things she is accurate and right.

“This is America. We’re entitled to our opinions.” “Wrong. This is Texas. And my opinion is the only want that matters” (Susan Elizabeth Phillips). Oh, how this quote is so accurate. Texans believe that what they say is always right no matter what. You can’t talk bad about a true Texans. I remember my first day is Texas like it was just yesterday. People used to say how everything is bigger in Texas, and they weren’t lying. Just the drive seemed like it was never going to end. I remember thinking about only seeing open road and people riding on horses everywhere in cowboy boots and hats. Too bad that wasn’t true, well not the riding around on horses and everybody in cowboy boots and hats. All I saw was trees all around me and gigantic hills that you couldn’t see anything over. Although, it seemed like it was never going to end; there was some good things about my drive. Just to see how Texas took pride in their state and the beautiful scenery. I remember when I first saw don’t mess with Texas sign and thought to myself, “Wow they are really serious.” The monuments and statues of past Texans stood tall and how you can drive on the median to take pictures with the Texas signs. So, in all it wasn’t that bad.

This article focuses on the rise and fall of the “black-white coalition” of populist advocates in Grimes County, TX. The period of Reconstruction gave black people opportunities and power. For instance, during this time, blacks in Grimes County successfully formed a Republican organization. Despite white-supremacists of the Democratic party seeking to end the group, black Republicans managed to retain local power and send legislators to Austin, even after the period of Reconstruction ended. A few years later, a meeting was held in Grimes County in which candidates from black and “lily-white” Republican groups, and Independent Greenbackers were nominated for county offices. Among the candidates was Independent Greenbacker Garrett Scott. Unlike other candidates, Scott had a willingness to publicly associate with blacks. In fact, the article mentions that Scott undermined the idea of white solidarity. After winning the election for county sheriff, Scott became political allies with black district clerk, Jim Kennard. The two worked together to create the black-white coalition that became the People’s Party. The People’s party did well up until 1898. However, the coalition did not sit well with the men of the democratic party. The Democrats, led by J.G. McDonald, came together and held a covert meeting in which they planned to take back county offices that populists filled. This was the first of many meetings of the White Man’s Union. The union made their debut once the spark of

Historically, the conservative values conveyed by many Texans have shown disapproval for change and differences. Amongst the list of social and political views conservatives have disapproved of in the past would be civil rights, women’s rights, and gay rights. All three are issues of which are still under conflict and disapproval. With this said, gay rights are the most recent issue that has shaken the traditionalist views upheld in Texas. To state the opposition of gay rights, conservatives in general do not support the relationships shared between homosexuals. They deem it as unnatural or immoral and therefore, it is seen as wrong in their eyes. In addition to the conservative claims as homosexuality being unnatural, the traditional culture does not take too kindly to change, which is exactly what began as soon as the Court’s ruling was made. In conclusion, it is the traditional political culture such as the conservative ideology shared by many and the opposition to change that has affected Texas in

Tejano, Texans of Spanish and Mexican descent, formed several organizations in the early 20th century to protect themselves from official and private discrimination, but made only partial progress in addressing the worst forms of official ethnic discrimination. The movement to overturn the many forms of state-sponsored discrimination directed at Hispanic Americans was strongest in Texas during the first fifty years of the 20th century. It was just right after World War II that returning veterans joined the League of United Latin American citizens (LULAC) to end segregation. Their main goal was to have equal rights for Mexicans. “According to the U.S Census, tejanos comprised 32.4 percent of the workers in the state and owned 33 percent of its wealth”. (102)

The fight for civil rights in Texas expanded across social, political, and even religious lines. Similar to many other states across the south, African Americans and Latinos found themselves

Racial equality has been a major problem for hundreds of years. From the first slaves until today, African Americans have been through every stage of racial discrimination. This includes being treated like animals to being shot dead in the street because of the color of their skin. Although slavery was abolished in America in 1865, blacks and whites were and are still not equal until this day.

Examining how the book enhances the reader's understanding of Texas history, it could be asserted that Barr's exposition provides a considerable amount of insight into the development not only of the black community but also the development of the state in general. Barr shows that blacks played an integral role in the development of Texas: a fact that is often overlooked by many historians. Even though the book provides a considerable amount of insight, however, it is overall quite dry. As such, the book would probably be useful for history students, graduate students and instructors looking to discover more about Texas or black history.

The second thing that had a big impact in Texas changing, is the civil war. During the civil war and even today everyone seemed to be a big fan of

Texas is a state built on a majority of minority groups. The larger groups are made up of an overflowing amount of Hispanic and Asian citizens whose population continues to grow. As these minority groups continue to grow and expand so does the diversity which each group carries and creates. These groups make up a large amount of the state and endow it with an immense amount of liberal belief. The state itself was created in a very conservative manner and with more than one group of people the state can progress into a more democratic ideal. With four of the United States’ largest cities in Texas and those

It is obvious to many that Texas is a predominantly red state. Going back to the civil war, Texas has always learned more towards the conservative side. However, this has not

Concept number one that defines the objective of the article is ethnic minority groups. As this group is defined as primarily due to cultural differences. As cultural difference between Mexico and Texans hope to convert the new theory of the republic was slavery permission. As stated, Mexico has abolished slavery in 1829, thus the Texans slaveholder were problematic to this department as demand for cotton was high, it needed cheap and affordable labor. However, as specified Mexican ruled “put down the rebellion had explicit orders to free any slaves that they encountered”. Nevertheless, Texas has succeeded in breaking away from Mexico ideas of not having slaves; therefore, as an independent republic, Texas were to establish the institution of slavery flourish. With the flourishing of slavery in Texas, slavery has reached the numbers reaching nearly one-third of the state’s population.

The first reason that we'll never have true racial and social equality is because is because of how people treat each other because different races white hispanic any type of religion even there people that don't agree to what they think. The second reason why i think that this supports this paragraph. is that it is kind of impossible for every in the world to be the same or have the same inteligentes no matter if you're male or female it's impossible. The third reason that i think that supports this paragraph is that if everybody was the same like did the same thing that everybody else did then life would be boring for everybody and the fourth reason why i think this supports this is because if u get to get to know someone better but you don't have to tell them everything you will get know about what they like and(coach gauthier said the whole reason why we are going to camp this weekend is to get to know each other he just did groups here and there not letting us get to know each other)

Throughout the history of United States, many different races, classes, gender and religions received discrimination and are taken advantage through economic and social means. This eventually led to the formation of many different social groups. Most of the social groups are formed by minorities trying to gain equality in the society. These social groups did not go through an easy path; they experienced the highs and the lows of trying to make a difference. A lot of these social groups started during the Civil Rights Movement, and some still existed today.