POLS 207 1st Edition Lecture 2 Outline of Current Lecture Texas compared to U.S Current Lecture Texas compared to U.S:- Texas was a country before it became part of the US- Most Texans have a stronger loyalty to texas than US- Very hospitable compared to north/other states- More rural space (empty space) in texas then urban (congested) land - Completely different mind set in open spaces- More rebellious towards regulations because more space means more freedom and less rules- We need regulations to stop selfish peopleo Most often used regulation is a sound regulation - Population of texas is growing at 20% for the past 10 years- Newcomers are going to “dilute” the culture of texas - Texas used to be the biggest oil producer in the world - Many Texans end up working for non-native Texans because they come from other parts of US with a degree for a job - Edu is related to income; Income is related to wealth; edu is related to life expectancy; edu is related to infant mortality; edu of women - Edu can be broken into 4 groupso Edu of whiteo Edu of blacko Edu of Hispanico Edu of other- Ethnic groups have lower achievements as a whole because the have lower edu as a whole- Equal opportunity has affected women most out of everything- Women want equal pay as well as equal respect- Asian Americans have highest education but lower per capita income because of society limitations but have a higher per home income bc culture- Asians live in multi generational home: all live together as a family creating multiple incomes and causing a higher household income- Texas ranks 49 (2000) and 50 in (2006-2010) in the nation in the percentage of resident s covered by health insurance- Children born to parents without health insurance have a higher mortality rate- Texas was number 6 in 2004 for crime rate- Texas has one of the lowest graduation from high school rates- Zipcode is used to decide if a child “will be successful” - If you grow up in a rich neighborhood more likely to be successful in life- If parents care about education they will motivate and push children to go to college- Governmento 50 state gov o 1 federal govo 90,000 local gov- Texas (2002)o 254 counties o 1,196 citeso 1090 school districtso 2245 special districts- National vs State vs Local o local: lowest levelo national: supreme law of the land (supremacy clause)o national laws trump local laws- US congress vs US Supreme courto Brown vs board of eduo No more segragtiono Pres isenhower had to send troops to differnet states because white oarents didn’t want black students- Local laws cant take away freedom of citizenso Supremacty clauseo ex: interracial
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