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I agree the post was in poor taste and I also think it was racist.
I am genuinely curious - take my word or not - not trying to argue.
What makes you think it was racist. Curious of a reasonably detailed explanation of why you think it was racist.
It is pretty obvious. The implication in the comments of the post by Bo French is that UT does not have mostly white faces in the picture or at UT Graduation.
IIRC, the commentary was about non-Americans taking the admissions places of American students not anything to do with race. Did he make some anti-Indian comments? Did he say UT should be all white?
Do you think when people post a picture of an all-white group or an all-male group and imply something is wrong with that it is racist?
I think you are dancing around the meaning of the post. What is your interpretation of the post?
Apologies, I thought I was pretty clear. I read the post as expressing frustration that so many admissions spots at the University of Texas were being taken by non-Americans.
Do you think when people post a picture of an all-white group or an all-male group and imply something is wrong with that it is racist or sexist?
Bo French is a GOP candidate for state wide office, meaning he will likely be elected. So to begin with he should traffic in facts, not distortions. He knows or should know that by state law 90% of UT's undergrad enrollment must be Texas residents and that approximately 4% of UT's undergrads are not US citizens. Many of those are Hispanics and others are Europeans. In other words he likely knows and definitely should know that UT Austin is not being overrun by non-citizens.
More troubling is the idea that you can tell a person's citizenship status by their skin color.
Most troubling is that French has been consistent in his position that we need to deport US citizens based on their ancestry. Coupled with other racial slurs, most notably comparing SNAP recipients to chimps, he does not get the benefit of the doubt.
Many life long Republicans and current candidates recognize French for what he obviously is. Yet only a few bring themselves to break with him. They lack the courage to do so because they want to hold onto the enthusiasm of disaffected, young white males who see someone fighting for them when provocative candidates are homophobic, misogynist, or racist.
It sickens me. You can debate immigration without being degrading, but in Trump's GOP that is too rhino.
I agree as I have stated. Seeing those kids makes me smile.
Do you think we should continue to liberally deploy the H1-B program to import competitors to American workers?
Do you think we should have liberal illegal immigration policies to import competitors to American workers?
Do you think when people post a picture of an all-white group or an all-male group and imply something is wrong with that it is racist or sexist?