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richwklein7 months, 3 weeks ago

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Last week, the propeller developers were just discussing the perception of the midwest states in the rest of the country.

Most if not all the developers are either living in the midwest or from the midwest. So it is a very pertinent discussion. Being from Iowa I get particularly tired of the perception that we are a backwater state. That's what makes these stats from the story so relevant:

In 1839, the Supreme Court for what was then the territory of Iowa refused to recognize a slave as a possession, years before the United States Supreme Court would rule in an opposite fashion, against Dred Scott. In 1868 and 1873, the court issued rulings favoring desegregating schools and public accommodations, almost a century before the United States Supreme Court heard Brown v. Board of Education. Iowa was the first state, in 1869, to permit women to practice law.

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