Texas A&M University canceled a trip to a conference that excludes whites and Asians after Republican Texas Gov. Abbott threatened the job of the school’s president, Fox News reported.
Conservative investigative writer Christopher Rufo posted Monday on X that “Texas A&M is sponsoring a trip to a DEI conference that prohibits whites and Asians from attending. The university falsely claims that this use of taxpayer funds does not violate the state’s DEI ban. @TAMU is supporting racial segregation and breaking the law.”
‘I don’t believe we fully considered the spirit of our state law in making the initial decision to participate.’
In his post, Rufo included images of emails relating to registering for the PhD Project’s Annual Conference, which takes place in Chicago in March. Rufo also included an image of registration requirements, which state that the conference is “designed for historically underrepresented individuals considering business doctoral studies” — and that “to be eligible for the annual conference, you must identify as Black/African American, Latinx/Hispanic American or Native American/Canadian Indigenous.”
Abbott reacted strongly on X to Texas A&M’s planned…
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