Austin's Racial Divide

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[@quintonmillett5149]

I was born and raised in New Braunfels, but I gotta say even though New Braunfels is Conservative Republican and Austin is Liberal Democrat both have a Jim Crow foundation to its city governments.

[@christianbrother4724]

It's not just minorities and people of color being affected. Old-time South Austinites such as myself are facing the same issue south of the river as well. Color doesn't have anything to do with it, it's working and middle-class people up against techies and millionaires..

[@frank-rz8rq]

I am a 80 yr. old white man who has been forced out of Austin and Travis county hy income and politics.

[@brotherted9212]

This piece is already 3 years old with

[@888ssss]

im tired of being subjected to anti white discrimination.

[@johnmoreno5965]

I fucking love Robert Martinez and Haskell Street. The Halloween parties where block wide

[@aprildays1818]

WE KNOW ALL THIS NOW IS BEING DONE ABOUT IT