Texas Dissident

Texas is known as a stronghold of conservative politics and values, and in many cases, ultraconservative, but those beliefs are taken to task in E.R. Bills' new book, Texas Dissident: Dispatches from a Diminished State 2006-2016. The book consists of columns and articles by Bills that have appeared in various publications.But a growing number of Texans are tired of Lone Star Conservatives, sick of being embarrassed by their political representatives and horrified by the devolution of the state conversation in terms of race, sex, sexual orientation, immigration, religious freedom, environmental responsibility, etc.Bills brings a unique perspective to the topics of race, politics and social issues. He is a native Texan who is white, married to an African American woman. Writing from a multicultural perspective, he has challenged the status quo of his home state and the nation for over a decade. Bills is also a historian who has written two books regarding atrocities that were carried out against persons of color in Texas.From 2006-2016, Texas contrarian E.R. Bills came out swinging on these issues, and in these insightful, evocative missives, he spares no purveyor of the farcical status quo. A growing number of Texans are tired of Lone Star Conservatives, sick of being embarrassed by their political representatives and horrified by the devolution of the state conversation in terms of race, sex, sexual orientation, immigration, religious freedom, environmental responsibility, etc.