You’ll wanna see this — WATCH Rep. Fred Allen’s POWERFUL speech FOR diversity & AGAINST SB3 on the Arkansas House Floor TODAY🔥🔥🔥 “[Rep. Mary Bentley] is saying to us today that discrimination does not exist in the state of Arkansas. What you need to do is just take a look around you. Any person looking at me right now can tell me what color I am. And a lot of times people are judged based on the color of their skin. That’s just human nature. So, discrimination in this state still exists. In a perfect world, it wouldn’t exist. But we don’t have, we wouldn’t have a perfect world, we don’t have a perfect world, because we don’t have perfect people…  My mother always told me this, if you want to be strong, lift something heavy, and this is a heavy lift. So I ask you all to lift, lift something heavy, lift this bill up, and do what’s right and vote against it.”

Imagine voting for this anti-women & anti-minorities bill after hearing this 🤦 “This legislation claims to ban discrimination and special treatment. Ban discrimination and special treatment against who? What this legislation does is it ties our hands. It takes our power away. When disparities exist. When farmers or other businesses can't get loans or contracts. When communities begin to fall further behind. When women are paid less for the same amount of work. This legislation puts a target on the backs of decent, hardworking Arkansans. Every Arkansan deserves a fair shot: At a quality education, affordable health care, a good paying job, a life filled with opportunities and possibilities. I ask you, be on the right side of history today. Stand for the hard working, decent folks of Arkansas that sent you down here. Don't turn your backs on them.” Bravo @tshephard4ar 👏 Thank you for speaking out 🔥