Texas Diversity
I find Texas more diverse (or integrated) that New York (where I went to School), or California (where I grew up).
~ Aristotle Sabouni
Created: 2022-05-08 |
We've lived in various places around the nation. Our current residence is in Houston, Texas. Sadly, when I visit or talk with Californians or New Yorkers, or other provincial progressives, they all have an image of themselves and Texas (or Houston) that doesn't really match reality. Especially when it comes to them imagining themselves as diverse, and the South, Texas or Houston as not as much so.
In the meantime places like Wallethub (and other polls/studies) are ranking Houston as the #1 most diverse city in the nation, with more Texas cities than any other state ranking in the top 10.
It is also far, FAR more "tolerant" than other places I've lived, like L.A. or the Bay Area, or places I went to school like NYC and Chicago.
Diversity and Tolerance[edit | edit source]
To understand diversity, you have to replace woke ideology with something more open-minded. Diversity is not just your grievance studies victimhood quotient or racial (though Houston ranks high on those): it included socioeconomic, cultural, economic, household, and religious as well. Heck, Houston for many years was the largest American city with an openly gay mayor.
The same with tolerance. It isn't about just approving of people you agree with or are in the majority (like California's tolerance towards progressives), it's about how you treat people or activities you might not agree with.
Mexican American Descrimination[edit source]
| There are always bigotries; worse in blue states than red, like Mexican-Americans in Texas versus California. Mexicans are usually treated better in America (with more rights/liberties/security) than they are in Mexico. And Americans in Mexico are certainly treated worse than Mexicans in America. So we aren't flawless, but context matters. |
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