DEI Captures The University of Florida

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Yawn

 

The article is by Chris Rufo. There's no need to read beyond that

 

Rufo is a racist, and DeSantis appears to be right there with him. For all practical purposes, I had never heard of Woke and DEI until those terms started to be used by the right. I did participate in sensitivity training when asked to do so by my law firm, but these labels weren’t attached to it. Institutions should be proud to be Woke and to take DEI into account in their operations.

 

This is the new version of the southern strategy... being openly opposed to "inclusion" and "diversity" isn't even as abstract as Lee Atwater talking about using "program cuts" as a code for the n-word ....

 

I had to click on the link just to find out what DEI means. I've developed some acrimony for acronyms. I still can't remember what the sequence of letters is for LGBTQIA, as many times as I've seen it. (I had to cut and paste to write the acronym here.) I have enough trouble with "person, man, woman, camera, TV."

 

You already posted it.

 

Rufo the Clown. Unserious critique from a deeply dishonest man.

 

Bro, even the white supremacists know and admit what he's doing.

 

The first sentence calls diversity, equity, and inclusion “radical”….

 

All of it, any thing he writes says or thinks. I understand why this is appealing to you…

 

The entire thing. The idea that DEI has "captured" UF is laughable. Almost as laughable as when Rufo the Clown and the rest of the demagogues DeSantis put on the New College BOT commissioned a report on the DEI office at New College, which ended up proving them completely wrong in all their criticisms. (They then dismantled the office and fired the DEI director because it's not about facts.)

 

You posted an article from a man who openly admits he misleads and lies to further the Republican culture war, and you're surprised people aren't taking it seriously? Are you going to next post an article from Ted Cruz complaining about the Democrats and then wonder why nobody is swayed by it? People on this board who actually work at UF have already called out this nonsense.

 

Can we really ignore who wrote the article, or should we just take it as gospel? Can you, for example, point to evidence that this is true? I'm not saying it isn't true, I just don't know. Do you?