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Assimilation Means More Than Going To A Football Game

Just because some people of seemingly South Asian descent cheered at a football game does not mean they’ve perfectly assmiliated.

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For those not chronically online, X erupted over the weekend after Texas Republican Railroad Commissioner nominee Bo French posted a photo of students — all of whom appear to be of South Asian descent — cheering at a football game at the University of Texas.

“I heard UT graduation this year looked like this,” French posted. “I didn’t believe it. The problem is now obviously far worse than anyone imagined.”

I heard UT graduation this year looked like this. I didn’t believe it. The problem is now obviously far worse than anyone imagined. pic.twitter.com/Ys1bql0y4U— Bo French (@bofrench) September 13, 2026

I heard UT graduation this year looked like this. I didn’t believe it. The problem is now obviously far worse than anyone imagined. pic.twitter.com/Ys1bql0y4U

French’s post drew condemnation from the usual suspects, including RINOs like John Cornyn, who accused French of being intolerant and racist. Other critics said that the cheering South Asian students are proof that they assimilated perfectly fine.

“These Indians are literally assimilating into traditional American culture by celebrating the Texas comeback win over Ohio State,” user Barry McCockiner posted on X.

Another user posted “If you show up at a college football game and cheer wildly when UT pulls off an improbably upset over the #1 ranked team in the nation, you’re assimilated.” Similarly, user Alex Hochberger said “Cheering a UT (American) football win in a UT shirt, with a Cowboy [hat] and screaming like a frat boy from the 1980s movie looks a lot like assimilating.”

But those defenses shut down a larger — and important — conversation that French was getting at.

In a subsequent post on X, French appeared to explain the underlying concern of his aforementioned post, which is that the photo exposed “how many Americans have been displaced by foreigners.”

The photo is a symbol of a demographic change that is altering our culture and institutions across the country.

Maybe all of the people in the photo French posted were born here, in fact, it’s probable that they were born here. But just because someone was born on our soil doesn’t magically make them an assimilated American — and that’s a conversation we must have. Many immigrant groups, some generations removed from the initial migrants, cling to cultures and traditions that are fundamentally at odds with American culture. You can see it with the large Hindu temples being erected throughout Texas. You can........

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