The GOP's Regressive Plans To Push Whiteness In Texas Colleges And Universities

[Shell_Seas]

The DEI ban was only the beginning. Senator Creighton alluded to banning Black and brown students next, and now Rep. Tepper is taking action.

https://www.lonestarleft.com/p/the-gops-regressive-plans-to-push


Last week, when SCOTUS announced that they were ending affirmative action, my mind immediately went to something Senator Brandon Creighton said during the debate to ban DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) on college campuses.


We followed the DEI bill closely as it went through the legislature earlier this year. The bill was about ensuring that fewer Black and brown professors would be hired, even though white people only make up 38% of the population in Texas. They make up 77.1% of college and university professors. Some of the top universities have over 90% white faculty. DEI offices sought to reduce this inequity by hiring more diverse professors.

However, Republicans (especially Brandon Creighton) expressed that hiring Black and brown faculty was unfair to Conservatives.


The DEI ban was passed with the goal of making college faculties more white.

During his debate with Creighton, Senator Borris Miles asked if the DEI bill would also limit Black and brown college admissions. Creighton responded that it would be done after SCOTUS overturned affirmative action, which he anxiously awaited.

[Grins]

1. The quiet part out loud.... NM