Texas A&M cancels conference trip excluding White and Asian students after governor backlash

Texas A&M University pulled the brakes on an upcoming conference trip after Gov. Greg Abbott, R., discovered that only applicants of a particular race could attend.

On Monday, conservative activist Christopher Rufo posted an image of the university promoting the PhD Project’s Annual Conference in Chicago. The application specified that the conference is “designed for historically underrepresented individuals considering business doctorial studies,” and only Black/African American, Latinx/Hispanic American or Native American/Canadian Indigenous students were eligible…

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