Move is to comply with state law passed by Governor Ron DeSantis that prohibits public funding of DEI programs

Move is to comply with state law passed by Governor Ron DeSantis that prohibits public funding of DEI programs

Archived version: https://archive.ph/2NkY3

  • SorteKanin@feddit.dk
    9311·
    7 months ago

    “Higher education must return to its essential foundations of academic integrity and the pursuit of knowledge instead of being corrupted by destructive ideologies,” Florida’s commissioner of education, Manny Diaz Jr, said. The actions, he added, would ensure taxpayer money won’t be spent on DEI and “radical indoctrination that promotes division in our society”.

    This is coming from a commissioner of education? Wow I am glad I don’t live in the US.

    • PunnyName@lemmy.world
      253·
      7 months ago

      Appointed position. Which was a change that voters voted for. It’s all stupid all the way down.

      • RubberDuck@lemmy.world
        64·
        7 months ago

        I agree. I fully support DEI programs. But what I don’t understand is how some of these positions end up being filled by rabid lunatics that end up saying the most bizarre shit, that ends up fueling these kind of changes.

        We need to fix the system, but a the people that enjoyed the actual benefits of the privilege are not the ones affected by the current changes. And the goal should be to lift all, and not push some down.

    • ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      141·
      7 months ago

      Well, it is a rather divisive ideology, simply as a matter of fact.

      Here’s New Jersey, not exactly a Republican stronghold:

      Overall, 42% of employed New Jersey adults considered diversity among their peers “essential,” 29% said it was “important but not essential,” and 28% said “not essential.” While 64% of employed Democrats regarded it as “essential,” only 42% of employed independents and a mere 17% of employed Republicans echoed this sentiment; 52% of Republicans say it is “not important,” compared to 9% of Democrats.

    • phoenixz@lemmy.ca
      7·
      7 months ago

      promotes division

      You just gotta love that “we’re trying to have everyone be treated equally” gets spun as promoting division. It’s the exact fucking oppost

      • SorteKanin@feddit.dk
        61·
        7 months ago

        The part where he calls diversity and inclusion a destructive ideology or radical indoctrination. I wouldn’t want my education officials saying stuff like that.

        • MxM111@kbin.social
          11·
          7 months ago

          He did not call it that. Don’t bent his words. And there are problems in American universities from both sides. When researchers in universities are forced to write essays how their physics or chemistry research advances diversity and inclusion, there is something wrong with that too.

        • KevonLooney@lemm.ee
          25·
          7 months ago

          I believe you are in the EU, where Viktor Orban has run Hungary for 13 years. You have no room to talk.

          If the US has to answer for its constituent states, so does the EU.

          • SorteKanin@feddit.dk
            22·
            7 months ago

            The US is a country of its own with internal states, like Germany also has internal states.

            The EU is not a country. You cannot compare the EU and US like this.

            • KevonLooney@lemm.ee
              12·
              7 months ago

              You mean that you don’t want to compare them, not that it can’t be done.

              US citizens outside of Florida have no impact on electing Florida’s government officials. Federal law doesn’t affect their elections because they have a state constitution. In many ways the EU is similar to the federal system in the US. Where do you think they got the idea?