Conservative Austin

[theloneranger]

Originally Posted by doctorjef

Most of the Republicans live in close-in suburbs that are immediately adjacent to the city. When I lived in Shady Hollow (sort of far south Austin but outside the city limits just slightly) I seemed to be the only visible democrat in the neighborhood. All those Republican campaign signs --pretty horrid! I imagine that within the city limits you can find plenty of Republicans over in Tarrytown and the pricier and more middle aged sections of town. I don't know what you mean by conservative, though. Outside the immediate university area and maybe the areas more or less adjacent to South Congress I don't think you are going to see either student Marxist free love advocates or champagne socialists like moi. Austin is really a pretty normal town overall. Just better than anywhere else in Texas IMHO.

Tarrytown and Pemberton are both full of Bill White signs. It may be a more of an anti-Perry thing than a Democrat thing, but right now the neighborhoods both look overwhelmingly Democratic.

[Paulmmm]

Originally Posted by artsyguy

But why are Black American women being allowed into the corporate arena?

I'm not black and I've seen exactly what you are talking about. It's weird. The only thing I can think of is that those women are "Gatekeepers" if you get my drift ... wink wink.

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Originally Posted by e. irizarry: la vuelta 2
Austin being liberal is a hoax. They covertly shun (i.e. institutionally execute their racist policies) qualified Black American dudes out of the corporate Austin market while keeping the doors open to their Black American women counterparts.


Okay, artsyguy, just so I'm 100% clear about what you're saying here. You're saying that the only reason you can think of that Black American women are "allowed" into (much less successful in) business is because they sleep around. That's what you're saying here, right?

[Jennibc]

Originally Posted by doctorjef

I'm thinking of something other than the true South Austin bubbas, as I define bubbas anyway (I think of relatively more working class or agro types, not middle class professionals). The South Austin bubba is a rather endangered species; the types living in close-in burbs like Shady Hollow are a little more posh than that -- or Circle C would be another example of the type of rapidly aging Yuppie neighborhood whose inhabitants have probably never been democrats. By contrast, when I lived in Barton Hills, which actually is true South Austin (within the city limits and smack in the middle of what is considered to be South Austin), there were a lot more democrats -- judging from the campaign signs and anti-war signs in people's yards and on their cars; not to say that the neighborhood was monochrome -- it wasn't.

I live in Circle C. I used to be a democrat. Now I'm an independent. I have several neighbors that are active democrats, sporting Obama bumperstickers. True there are probably a good percentage of conservatives here, I just don't know about them because our neighbors don't discuss politics. But this idea that Circle C is chock full of republicans and completely devoid of democrats in inaccurate.

[Jennibc]

Yes, it's one big conspiracy.

[winkosmosis]

Originally Posted by artsyguy

But why are Black American women being allowed into the corporate arena?

I'm not black and I've seen exactly what you are talking about. It's weird. The only thing I can think of is that those women are "Gatekeepers" if you get my drift ... wink wink.

He was just making stuff up. Black women get college degrees as a much much higher rate than black men.