Dhairya Gupta
ON THE RECORD · 13 verbatim quotes · every quote source-verified
“When I look at that picture, I don’t see a problem,”
Dhairya Gupta · said 2026-09-14 · reported 2026-09-15
Gupta, pictured in the photo French shared, said in an interview Monday that he does not see a problem in the picture.
“It’s not defined by the demographic(s) of the university itself, but by the culture of the university.”
Dhairya Gupta · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-15
Gupta said the university is not defined by demographics but by its culture.
“It seemed like the actual Texas alumni seemed to be very passionate about the fact that these are also students at the university, and this is the university,”
Dhairya Gupta · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-15
Gupta said Texas alumni were passionate about defending the pictured students as part of the university.
“Texas is broad enough that you really get to meet people of all different types,”
Dhairya Gupta · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-14
Gupta described his experience attending UT and the diversity of the student body.
“They have people voting for them, and they’re not scared to say this kind of thing,”
Dhairya Gupta · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-14
Gupta expressed concern that French is seeking elected office, which gives him a platform.
“And now it's just people being blatantly racist toward us.”
Dhairya Gupta · said 2026-09-13 · reported 2026-09-14
Gupta responded to Bo French's social media post singling out a photo of Texas students celebrating at a football game.
“directly applied to us.”
Dhairya Gupta · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-14
Gupta said he had seen blanket racist statements before but had difficulty describing racism being directly applied to him and his friends.
“I’ve gotten opportunities here that I wouldn’t necessarily get elsewhere.”
Dhairya Gupta · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-14
Gupta described his experience attending UT and the diversity of the student body.
“We’re still standing behind the same team.”
Dhairya Gupta · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-14
Gupta said he would tell French that being an immigrant does not mean UT's culture will shift.
“It’s becoming to the point where this kind of racism just isn’t looked down upon as much as it used to be — or it feels like that.”
Dhairya Gupta · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-14
Gupta expressed concern that racism is becoming less stigmatized.
“We have a different color in our skin, we might speak different languages, but at the end of the day, all of us are still going to the same university,”
Dhairya Gupta · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-14
Gupta said he would tell French that being an immigrant does not mean UT's culture will shift.
“It was just us having some enjoyment,”
Dhairya Gupta · said 2026-09-13 · reported 2026-09-14
Gupta responded to Bo French's social media post singling out a photo of Texas students celebrating at a football game.
“I’d never seen this in lower-level elections, and then seeing this happen right now, just from an innocent moment at a football game at the state’s university, I just thought it was surprising that people are going out of their way to be racist on that,”
Dhairya Gupta · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-14
Gupta expressed surprise that racism stemmed from an innocent moment at a UT football game and appeared in a lower-level political race.