# UT Austin student's call for racial inclusion after Bo French remarks

> UT Austin student demands president condemn Bo French's racist remarks about South Asian students.
- Title: UT Austin student's call for racial inclusion after Bo French…
- Summary: UT Austin student demands president condemn Bo French's racist remarks about South Asian students. UT Austin student asked president to publicly call out Bo…
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## Student's football excitement
An indian american student who lived in california their entire life felt excited about ut austin's football victory against ohio state.
## Bo French's racist post
Bo french posted a photo of south asian students celebrating ut austin football victory and called their presence a problem.
## University response delay
ut austin president jim davis responded nearly 35 hours later by affirming all students are longhorns without addressing french's remarks.
## Student email demand
a student emailed president asking to call out bo french by name and say indian americans are americans too.
## University's data clarification
university officials contacted media outlets to emphasize international students make up 4% of undergraduates not 10% of all students.
## Student pressure for action
alumni students and parents sent over 22 emails to president demanding a response to french's remarks.
## UT system board chair support
ut system board chair kevin eltife publicly supported ut students and reposted the message on x.
## President's response
president jim davis reposted the board chair's support and said all students are exceptional longhorns without naming french.
## Graduate's call for action
a 2020 graduate wrote that silence in the face of bigotry is complicity and a public condemnation is a moral obligation.
## University policy context
ut system adopted a policy in august 2024 stating officials should not issue positions on issues of the day.
## Professor support
three ut austin computer science professors wrote an email supporting all students regardless of ethnicity.
## Student reaction
a first-year student appreciated faculty support but questioned why it wasn't university-wide.
## Past university response
in 2017 president gregory fenves condemned flyers targeting chinese and asian students as completely unacceptable.
## University neutrality policy
ut system board of regents has a neutrality policy that could have constrained university officials' response to french.
## Key takeaway

UT Austin student asked president to publicly call out Bo French for racism after he claimed South Asian students were a problem at the university.