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Despite Racial Tension, Texas State President Says Her University Is 'An Inclusive Place'

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The leader of Texas State University is defending the San Marcos campus as a place of diversity and inclusion after a series of racially charged incidents over the last year.

Those incidents range from white supremacist flyers being plastered on campus to the student-run newspaper running a column expressing "hatred" of white people to the student body president being called on to resign for posting racist comments on Instagram. 

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Texas State University President Denise Trauth says officials are trying to turn these incidents into teaching moments. She says the university is recruiting more Hispanic and African-American students while trying to increase the diversity of its faculty to more closely match the student population

We spoke with Trauth about all this. Listen to the interview below:

Nathan Bernier is the transportation reporter at KUT. He covers the big projects that are reshaping how we get around Austin, like the I-35 overhaul, the airport's rapid growth and the multibillion dollar transit expansion Project Connect. He also focuses on the daily changes that affect how we walk, bike and drive around the city. Got a tip? Email him at nbernier@kut.org. Follow him on Twitter @KUTnathan.
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