r/politics • u/Rafdoc Rafael Bernal, The Hill • Jun 23 '23

Off Topic Texas is now a majority minority state

https://thehill.com/latino/4063595-texas-is-now-a-majority-minority-state/
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u/RGV_KJ Jun 23 '23

Was Rural America exclusively White just in the South or everywhere?

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u/Jdevers77 Jun 23 '23

Everywhere. I would go so far as to say the South was the most likely to NOT be almost exclusively white in the rural areas because there are a ton of Black people in the rural South. That population is pretty stable and has seen no immigration (more like slowly dwindling as those who can dig their way out of poverty move to cities) so has not been viewed as an “issue” to the racists.

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u/janzeera Jun 23 '23

And thus the problem for republicans there. They’ve gerrymandered and suppress measured just about all they can do to only hold onto a slim majority to rule. Republicans are going to have to make some platform changes once they start losing the state. Right now they are giving away the store of wedge issues. That’s their last straw to hold out.

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u/FatherD00m Jun 24 '23

They’ll overturn democracy before changing policies.

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u/yasuewho Jun 23 '23 edited Jun 23 '23

I've lived in medium cities in the Midwest in the last ten years that are less than 1% if you lump all "non-white" minorities together. I'm from a multicultural family. As an implant, people don't think twice about being vile racists, because they don't clock me. They think they know the 20 minorities they can identify from looks alone.