The biggest threat posed by censorship is the objective effect of suppressing the facts, which is far more consequential than any resentment a dissident group may feel. Censorship is like plucking out the eyes of an individual but multiplied by millions because it affects not merely a single person but a whole population. […]
The Gainesville (Florida) Sun reported the University of Florida announced Friday that it is eliminating all Diversity, Equity and Inclusion employee positions. On X, formerly known as Twitter, Christopher Rufo, a conservative education activist and New College of Florida Board of Trustees member, announced the news of the firings and posted, “The conservative counter-revolution has […]
A little over a year ago Gov. Ron DeSantis announced a plan to get rid of DEI at Florida Universities. But the University of Florida pushed back a little on that. Last July, Christopher Rufo accused the school of doing its best to hide just how extensive DEI had become. DeSantis, a Republican, late last […]
On Friday, the University of Florida announced it had shut down its Office of the Chief Diversity Officer, eliminated all Diversity, Equity and Inclusion positions and administrative appointments, and terminated DEI-related contracts with external vendors. “To comply with the Florida Board of Governor’s regulation 9.016 on prohibited expenditures, the University of Florida has closed the […]
Proponents of the diversity-equity-and-inclusion ideology may be down, but they’re not out. Yes, the Supreme Court has forced the practices of race-based college admissions underground. Yes, some state legislatures, most notably Wisconsin, have tied universities’ access to public funding to reductions in DEI staffing. Yes, some wealthy alumni have curbed their giving. And yes, […]
Chaya Raichik has a devastating story about a 90-year-old woman who was kicked out of her volunteer position with the National Multiple Sclerosis Society because she didn’t understand why she had to provide her pronouns in her email signature. The woman, Fran Itkoff, had been volunteering for the MS Society for 60 years, running a […]
Politicians SAY a lot of things; some they mean, some they don’t. So you should always look at what they do and how they spend the money they take from citizens. And, as importantly, whose pockets that money ends up in. The latter is even more important than the former. There’s a great article in […]
NY Times columnist Charles Blow says the recent backlash to DEI initiatives is the dawn of a new era of oppression for black Americans. I now believe that we are in the early phase of yet another backlash, with the dismantling of affirmative action, governmental attacks on the teaching of Black history and the full-court […]
Utah has been an interesting place to live during the last decade. When most people think of the state, images of Mormons and ski resorts come to mind. And if one is old enough, one may also think of the Osmonds. And while much of the state remains red, it is turning bluer by […]
Tech billionaire Elon Musk called diversity, equity and inclusion policies “fundamentally antisemitic” on Monday after his trip to the Auschwitz concentration camp. Source link
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