They say certain groups were not given the opportunity to make adjustments to comply with the new law. Because they are no longer sponsored by UT, they no longer receive financial support.
People listen during a DEI teach-in hosted by members of UT Austin's former Multicultural Engagement Center last week. The university closed the MEC because of a new state anti-diversity, equity and inclusion law.
Student leaders said they were notified the MEC would be closing only a day before the DEI ban took effect. Student representatives from these organizations hosted a teach-in last week to discuss the challenges they’ve faced since the ban. They said SB 17 was being “over-implemented” at UT. For example, students said Monarch’s services were “implemented without regard to race, sex, color or ethnicity,” complying with exceptions to SB 17 listed by the
Kennedy Cortez, co-director of the Native American and Indigenous Collective, said the anti-DEI law makes it more difficult for Native American students — who make up“This is discrimination,” Cortez said. “This is not just a lack of support from the university. … Without the accessible connection to these resources, indigenous people will continue to be discriminated against and even more invisible.
“We are trying to reach out to local communities to see who can help us, but as of right now, because we are run by students, it's hard to navigate that,” Khokhar said.
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