By Ruth “truth“ Torres
Special to Texas Metro News
Women are 46% of the workforce generating $7.6 trillion of annual GDP driving up to 80% of consumer purchasing. As of June 2025, there are only 55 women, 11% of CEOs in the Fortune 500. Of these, there are just two Black, one Hispanic, and three Asian CEOs.
- For every $1.00 white men are paid, women are paid .82 cents, Black women .64 cents, and Hispanic women .53 cents.
- Pregnant women dying have increased by 63% in Texas from 2019 through 2022, and then they stopped counting. Black women are three times more likely to die from pregnancy related causes.
- Women are 17 times more likely to die in car accidents because car safety isn’t designed based on women’s bodies.
- Working women in the US pay over $15 Billion more every year in out-of-pocket- health care expenses than men.
- Women’s right to vote guaranteed under the 19th Amendment of our Constitution is under threat of being lost due to birth certificates not matching state license under the Save Act.
Why are these facts true under both political parties? Of 535 total members in the current 119th U.S. Congress, there are 155 women, that’s 29% representation: 110 Democrats and 40 Republican women. Of these there are:
- 91 White
- 31 Black (two Senators for the 1st time in history)
- 19 Hispanic (1 Senator)
- 9 Asian & 2 Pacific Islanders (1 Senator),
- 2 Middle Eastern/North African, and
- 1 Native American
The entire world is currently suffering because a misled American electorate believed lies motivated by race and gender bias and didn’t vote for the qualified, ethical woman of color, Kamala Harris. The November 2024 election should have taught us to correct false narratives and discriminatory bias, not bow to or endorse them.
Instead, a false narrative has spread; that a woman of color can’t win in red parts of Texas or state-wide. It’s this racist and misogynistic bias which impacted Texas’ 2026 Senate Democratic Primary. Both were great candidates.
I have nothing personal against my brother in Christ and fellow Democrat, James Talarico. However, my sister in Christ and fellow Democrat, Jasmine Crockett already had proven dedicated service and experience in Congress. Had Crockett won the primary, the Dallas County Democratic Convention hosted by IBOC would no doubt have been standing room only.
Instead, with Talarico in attendance, capacity was 40-45% with people of color disproportionately absent. Talarico NEEDS us to show up for him in November. The problem is not that Talarico won the primary; it’s HOW and WHY he won.
In football, referees are supposed to be unbiased decision makers enforcing pre-established rules on the field. If referees interfered to direct the offensive line to tackle their own quarterback while giving the other quarterback a protected path to touchdown, what would that do to the reputation of the NFL?
That would be the ultimate betrayal. That is what happened here politically. Party officials and precinct chairs are supposed to be political referees during the primary, treating all candidates equally, prohibiting discrimination, promoting diversity and equity per party rules. But the walk doesn’t match the talk. Party interference is not new, just bolder.
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