Ep. 5: A "Pragmatic Progressive' in North Carolina

Headlights: Voices from The Progressive South

Conservative legislators in the South have been attacking diversity programs for years, long before President Trump made a national priority of assailing "DEI." This week, we look at some of this year's anti-DEI bills in Georgia, Louisiana, Tennessee and Texas — and why their allegations of anti-white discrimination are mostly bunk. This week's conversation spotlights North Carolina state Sen. Graig Meyer, a "pragmatic progressive" who represents the Chapel Hill area. He talked about how his background in social work and education led him to seek public office; how he seeks to be effective as a member of a legislative minority; and why he helped start a new North Carolina media company just a few years ago. And in our arts and culture segment, we look at a Kentucky quilt show with a unique focus: the Black jockeys who won the country's most famous horse race in the late 1800s, before the Jim Crow era forced them out of the Derby. Show Notes: U.S. Fortune 500 Corporate Governance Report Prevalence of Workplace Discrimination Texas Anti-DEI bill Georgia anti-DEI bill Louisiana anti-DEI bill Tennessee anti-DEI bill Kentucky Derby Black jockeys quilt show

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