“The Legislature adopted those racial objectives. The redistricting bill’s sponsors made numerous statements suggesting that they had intentionally manipulated the districts’ lines to create more majority-Hispanic and majority-Black districts.”
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TTO: "I didn’t know that I was getting pepper-sprayed, and I was scared.”
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In the 2023-24 school year in Texas, Black students comprised less than 13% of public school enrollment, but they accounted for 31% of out-of-school suspensions and 22% of those sent to DAEP.
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