‘Intolerance and racism’: US senator slams Texas Republican nominee over post targeting Asian students
- Megan Basham and Pooja Sethi fought online over viral photo from the University of Austin.
- It all started with a photo of college sports fans at the University of Texas at Austin, but after it was mislabeled as the UT graduation photo by Bo French, a Republican, all hell broke loose as people did not like the presence of South Asians.
- It was later debunked that the photo was not from the UT graduation event, but then social media users were not ready to accept the presence of South Asians at any event of a Texas university.
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- It all started with a photo of college sports fans at the University of Texas at Austin, but after it was mislabeled as the UT graduation photo by Bo French, a Republican, all hell broke loose as people did not like the presence of South Asians.
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- Megan Basham and Pooja Sethi fought online over viral photo from the University of Austin.
- It was later debunked that the photo was not from the UT graduation event, but then social media users were not ready to accept the presence of South Asians at any event of a Texas university.
Sources: The Hill, Times of India