Instead, he embraced it. "I say absolutely you are right. This is culture canceling," said Johnson, a Houston Democrat in his third term in the Texas House. "There was a culture of slavery in this country. And we as a people came together and canceled that horrible culture." Jarvis' legislation to end the Confederate holiday is among a handful of bills filed in the 2021 legislative session aimed at eliminating what supporters see as misguided glorification of the 19th century leaders who led rebellion against the United States in the effort to allow slavery to flourish in Texas and across the South.