Christian Collins - Founder, Texas Youth Summit Joins Houston's Morning News

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Six, twenty three, Star Time here in Houston, this morning news.

Speaker 2 (00:03):
Right, so.

Speaker 1 (00:05):
Your old school, did you ever dream, by the way,
if and when you went to college that there would
be DEI programs in college? I mean, did that thought
ever enter your mind? Certainly the thought never ended mind.
The question we have now, of course, is now that
you have states like Texas cracking down on things like DEI.

(00:29):
You know none that that is happening, and universities are
finding it hard to hide these people in other departments
to continue doing what they're doing. Will this eventually lead
to some sort of faculty exodus because you know, it's
fairly competitive landscape when it comes to you know, college professors,

(00:50):
Christian college joints, the founder of the Texas Youth Summon.
Are you concerned about that at Old Christian? Or are
you maybe happily looking forward to to people who support
DEI programs leaving Texas universities.

Speaker 2 (01:03):
Thank you so much for having me on, And I
think this is really a nothing burger. I mean, there
is actually great legislation in the Texas legislature. First Senate
Bill seventeen, authored by Senator Creyton, which went after the
offices and hiring practices at public universities. Well, now there's
another piece of legislation being put forth in this session.

(01:26):
That one was last session, this one this session in
the Texas House, if past would extend restrictions to academic courses,
research and student admissions. And so what we have is
a climate that is really being pushed forward where you have.
It's based on mayrit, it's not based on all this propaganda.

(01:48):
And so naturally there are going to be some woke
professors who want to leave, but in the end that
will mean that we have a more competitive job environment,
we had better students in our university, and it's based
on the right things merit and integrity and work ethic
as opposed to political propaganda.

Speaker 1 (02:05):
Yeah, let me also ask you why I have you about.
There's a lawmaker I forget his name at the moment,
not important anyway, but there is a lawmaker that's proposing
then and we're going to talk about it, by the way,
coming up at Actually I do know his name, State
Representative Andy Hopper. He has filed House built twenty six
fifty seven in the Texas House that would eliminate the

(02:27):
Texas Education Association the TEA. Do you think that's a
good idea or not.

Speaker 2 (02:34):
I think that's a great idea. And I mean they're
they're taking a page out of what's going on nationally.
I mean President Trump has given everyone at mandate and
he's as signed executive orders attacking DEI and federal agencies
and with contractors, and so what's happening on the state
is an outpouring of what's happening on the federal level.
And you know, g Linda McMahon, once she's confirmed as

(02:58):
Secretary of Education, she wants to dismantle the Department of Education. Okay,
And so I love what I see from Representative Popper,
you know, going after a lot of these restrictions that
that really just you know, they're they're they want to control.
You know, there's groups that want to control what's being taught.
But really this should be uh, it should be decided

(03:21):
by by parents and and and the leaders of the
community within the states. And that's what President Trump has wanted.
And so that's what these legislators here in Texas are doing.

Speaker 1 (03:30):
You know what if that if that does happen both
at the national and the state level, that is really
good to put a lot of school boards and a
lot of superintendent's on the hot seat, isn't it, Because
they won't have any excuses anymore for the things that
they're doing. They then'ly be able to blame the National
Education Association in federal grants, or or the tea and
tea policies.

Speaker 2 (03:49):
Yes, you know, I live in Montgomery County, Texas, and
you know what I've seen here is there's a group
of Mama bears that have gotten elected. There's seven women
who have gotten elect and they're vigionly watching, you know,
the curriculum, and they're visionally watching, you know, what's happening
in our school libraries. And unfortunately, there's been a lot
of trash muck pornography, you know, that's being shown to children.

(04:13):
And the focus really should be on math and science
and and helping students compete on a global level and
in a global economy. Really and and and you know,
it's unfortunate that you have some woke librarians that have
put forward these books. And so you know what's happened
in Montgomery County, and what's happened in side Fair ISD,
Connor Icty and sipair ICD. That's going to happen all

(04:36):
across the state of Texas and that we're better for it.
And so I love to see parents getting involved in
the schools and taking action because for so long this
has been looked over and we need people to rise
up and stand up and do the right thing and
protect our children.

Speaker 1 (04:52):
You're right about that, Thank you, sir, appreciate it. Christian Collins,
founder of the Texas Youth Summit,