not suprised. Austin is the most democratic city in the state and, being the capital, also needs that decree to dictate from their pompousness to the rest of the state expected behavior.

The real health crisis is letting people in here that don't fit and never will............

How come poor WHITE Hillbillys in the South are not claiming they have a health crisis? BECAUSE IT IS ALL A HUGE LIE, that is why...........

The radical left and their communist ideas are the only “public health crisis” we should be worried about.

“If not addressed it can cause many different health issues,” said Councilwoman Barbara Shanklin. “We should talk about how to get this out into the open and educate everyone about the physical and mental drawbacks of racism and discrimination in order to treat people fairly and with respect. When we do, we will be on the road to a healthier community.”

I agree, although probably not in the way Barbara Shanklin intended. This growing obsession with anti white, white privilege, and insistence of divding races is the very opposite of treating "people fairly and with respect". While I agree reform is needed and we should never get so comfortable in the way it's always been, seeking out these solutions can't happen while pitting race against one another.

I'm unsure if these speakers and officials who advocate for racial equality realize how counterproductive the anti racists formula is. Compounded by lockdowns that give special privlege to protesters and incredible leeway to their destructive actions, only further isolates those who obey the social distancing guidelines.

The amount of discrimination against white people is not small by any means. There is a lot of praise and attention given to literature, podcasts, and other sources that focus on the ideas of our country operates on white priviage as fact. To the point that even celebrities can demonize whites with little to no backlash from MSM. (Anti semitism is still bad though)

"The physical and mental drawbacks of racism", as Barbara stated, are definitly real. All these, as the woke would call them, micro aggressions against whites are beginning to add up. This path of making everything about race isn't healthy at all. Making whites feel bad about being white is not productive. It certainly is not a path to a "healthier community".

Austin has become a liberal haven

Well, scratch Texas off the list of rational places to go.

“White liberals are the most racist people there are, because they put blacks in a box and insist that they think one way - and if they don’t, they attack them as illegitimate, all the while denying that their policies destroy blacks.” - Dr Ben Carson.