Friedersdorf calls French’s remarks xenophobic
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“Bo French’s xenophobia should force Republicans to confront the prejudice in their ranks.”
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Was Bo French’s UT Austin post racist?
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Analysis
Conor Friedersdorf condemns Bo French’s posts about Texas sports fans (opens in a new tab)Article discussing French’s posts and the criticism they generated.
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Friedersdorf’s analysis characterizes the posts as bigoted and argues that the pictured fans were treated as foreign based on apparent ancestry.
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Friedersdorf recounted French’s initial post and follow-up claims about foreign displacement and UT admissions.
After the quotation
He distinguished immigration-policy disagreement from judging individual fans by apparent ancestry.
How this statement is classified
Friedersdorf directly condemns the conduct under scrutiny as xenophobic and appearance-based prejudice.
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