Texas A&M University canceled attendance at a conference to exclude whites and Asians after Republican Texas Governor Abbott threatened the school's president's job. Fox News reported.
Conservative investigative writer Christopher Rufo Posted on Monday X “Texas A&M sponsors a trip to a DEI conference that prohibits white and Asian participation. The university falsely claims that this use of taxpayer funds does not violate the state's DEI ban. @TAMU supports racial segregation and is in violation of the law.”
“I don't think they adequately considered the spirit of state law in their initial decision to participate.”
Rufo's post includes an image of an email about registration for the PhD Project's annual conference in Chicago in March. Rufo also included an image of the registration requirements, saying the conference was “designed for historically underrepresented populations considering business doctoral studies” and adding that “the annual conference To be eligible to participate, you must identify yourself as Black/African American or Latino/Hispanic.” American or Native American/Indigenous Canadian. ”
abbot reacted strongly to X Texas A&M's plan to sponsor the trip north was “outrageous. This violates Texas law and violates the U.S. Constitution. It will be fixed immediately or the President will He will disappear.”
Hours after Mr. Abbott's response, the university posted the following to X:
Soon after, university President Mark A. Welsh III issued a statement to Fox News acknowledging that the event was “in violation” of state law and that the trip would be canceled.
“While appropriate processes were followed to review and approve attendance at such events, the spirit of state law was carefully considered in making the initial decision to participate,” the cable news network said in a statement. I don't think it was.” “This conference's racial restrictions are inconsistent with the intent of SB-17, so we will not allow anyone to attend this conference.”
The statement was sent to staff and faculty at the university's Mays School of Business, according to Fox News. The cable news network added that it had reached out to Mr. Abbott's office for comment.
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