{"id":454073,"date":"2026-10-02T07:36:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T07:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/454073\/"},"modified":"2026-10-02T07:36:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T07:36:07","slug":"new-sg-resolution-supports-south-asian-students-following-politicians-racist-posts-the-daily-texan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/454073\/","title":{"rendered":"New SG resolution supports South Asian students following politician\u2019s racist posts \u2013 The Daily Texan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Student Government unanimously passed a resolution<\/a> Tuesday in response to comments<\/a> made by Republican nominee for Railroad Commissioner Bo French, about the number of South Asian students at a UT football game.<\/p>\n

Authors of the resolution said they wanted SG and UT\u2019s administration to affirm their support for South Asian students and condemn French\u2019s remarks. The nonbinding resolution, titled \u201cIn Support of South Asian Students at The University of Texas at Austin,\u201d acknowledges the contributions of South Asian students to the UT community and encourages a respectful campus environment.<\/p>\n

\u201cStudent Government condemns recent media statements as intentionally divisive, racist, provocative, and xenophobic,\u201d the resolution states. \u201cStudent Government encourages members of the University community to seek opportunities for dialogue and collaboration across differences in race, ethnicity, nationality, culture, religion, political perspective, and other backgrounds.\u201d<\/p>\n

French, a former Tarrant County Republican chair running for statewide office in November, generated local and national attention for posts on X criticizing the number of South Asian students celebrating UT\u2019s win against Ohio State\u2019s football team.<\/p>\n

Kevin Eltife, chairman of the UT System Board of Regents, wrote he was \u201cproud to celebrate all our Longhorn students\u201d while on the sidelines in an X post, which UT President Jim Davis reposted with a comment. Davis and the University did not release other statements about French\u2019s comments.<\/p>\n

Resolution co-author Adit Raha, College of Liberal Arts representative, said the statement from Davis was weak. Raha, a Plan II and urban studies junior, also leads the University Democrats, which publicly supports French\u2019s opponent.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s incumbent on us as the student body to speak for the students who were attacked and harassed online the day after the Ohio State game and stand up for them,\u201d Raha said.<\/p>\n

Resolution co-author Dean Young, a COLA representative and sociology junior, said they received a call from a constituent asking if SG would release a statement condemning French\u2019s comments, which prompted them to write the resolution that same night.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe UT I know and love treats everyone equally,\u201d Young said in a Sept. 22 meeting. \u201cHate, racism and xenophobia (have) no place at UT, and I\u2019m not going to sit back while no one speaks out.\u201d<\/p>\n

Young said they hope the resolution makes South Asian students feel safe at the University and encourages the University to put out a more in-depth official statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would love for President Jim Davis to speak out,\u201d Young said. \u201cI think that it\u2019s super important that he stands up and fights for all students at his university.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Student Government unanimously passed a resolution Tuesday in response to comments made by Republican nominee for Railroad Commissioner…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":454074,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":["post-454073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=454073"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454073\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/454074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=454073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=454073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=454073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}