Greg Abbott: “DEI programs often promote discrimination. It's a violation…”

“And so I will say I've heard nothing negative about it. I've heard many positive things about it. We need to get back to core value sets. But understand this also, and that is what DEI programs often promote discrimination. It's a violation of the US Constitution, of the Texas Constitution, of the civil rights laws to discriminate on the basis of race. What many DI programs do, they promote one race while not advancing others. And that violates the Constitution of Texas. And federal laws in the very short time I have left with you.” (07:37–07:54)

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