Liberal Texas lawmakers slammed their conservative colleagues as being on the “wrong side of history” after the passage of a bill to ban DEI programs at state universities.
at state universities. Lawmakers approved a bill over the weekend that’s expected to be signed into law by Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican. The impacted programs would exist for six more months before they’re banished entirely—eliminating hundreds of jobs in higher education and making it illegal to discuss race in the hiring process at state universities.
The bill, SB 17, was passed 82-61 on the eve of the Texas legislative session ending, against objections from liberal lawmakers who begged the government to not follow Florida’s lead—citingagainst the Sunshine State issued by the NAACP and the Human Rights Campaign. “Don’t be on the wrong side of history,” said Rep. Ron Reynolds, a Democrat. “Don’t let Texas be the next state to get a travel advisory. Don’t let the politics of extremism get in the way of the progress.
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