Preston Maness ☭<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://texasobserver.social/@TexasObserver" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>TexasObserver</span></a></span> </p><p>>Shortly after, Representative Brent Money, a fellow freshman hardliner, introduced an identical amendment, only swapping out UT-Austin for Texas State University. Lest one think Money suffered temporary amnesia about the fate of his pal Hopper’s amendment, he quickly withdrew the amendment after using his time at the microphone to make sure his colleagues knew how he felt about “woke gender ideology.” </p><p>As an alum of Texas State University, the idea that it is some hotbed of left-wing activism is laughable. It'll have a protest or action here or there (sometimes), but it's no UT Austin (which is, itself, largely liberal and performative in its culture).</p><p>And, out of 216 undergraduate degrees available at Texas State, there are a whopping FIVE degrees---ALL minors, mind you---that could conceivably orbit around the LGBTQ/DEI boogieman:</p><p>* Minor in African American Studies<br>* Minor in Diversity Studies<br>* Minor in Latina/o Studies (technically a sociology minor)<br>* Minor in Peace and Social Justice (technically a history minor focusing on these movements)<br>* Minor in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies</p><p>And, out of 130 graduate degrees, there are... none. Literally none.</p><p>So, five minors out of 346 total degrees of any sort, only three of which are actually under the Center for Diversity and Gender Studies. Absolute clown shit.</p><p>And as for UT Austin?</p><p>Undergrad (all under the Liberal Arts college):</p><p>* African and African Diaspora Studies<br>* Asian American Studies<br>* Latin American Studies<br>* Mexican American and Latina/o Studies<br>* Race, Indigeneity, and Migration<br>* Women’s and Gender Studies<br>* A few other ethnic studies programs, depending on whether you think they are "woke" or not: Jewish, French, American, etc.</p><p>Grad (all under the Liberal Arts college):</p><p>* African and African Diaspora Studies<br>* Asian Studies<br>* Latin American Studies<br>* Mexican American and Latina/o Studies<br>* Women's and Gender Studies<br>* A few other ethnic studies programs, depending on whether you think they are "woke" or not.</p><p>So, considerably more than Texas State (and most of them are full-on bachelor degrees), and yet, still only a dozen or two degrees out of 176 undergrad options and 196 graduate options. And all clustered where you'd expect: the Liberal Arts college. Again. Clown shit.</p><p><a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/txst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>txst</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>texas</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/txpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>txpol</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/txlege" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>txlege</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/lgbt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lgbt</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/lgbtq" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lgbtq</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/dei" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dei</span></a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/deia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deia</span></a></p>