All staff related to DEI at UF just got fired...
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DeSantis made the promise to do this awhile back.
Florida board bans use of state, federal dollars for DEI programs at state universities
The board that oversees Florida's 12 public universities has voted to ban using state or federal dollars for diversity programs or activities, aligning with a law signed last spring by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis.
www.cbsnews.com
You would hope that this is something we can all agree on.
Must've been some unhappy alum and donors that kids and family didn't get in to UF, raising hell........joking sort of
I LOVE THIS!!!!
Now rehire 15% of the former number and do it right.
DEI done “right”. I’m not sure what that would look like. I think when you have the right culture and people, it takes care of itself. It seems problematic to do DEI deliberately. I do hope they get it right.
Yeah, I’m not opposed to the concept of diversity culturally it’s a good idea, but do you need 500 people in university office, no how about a couple of good anthropologist that truly understand culture and not just diversity.
That’s always a good idea. In my opinion.
University of Florida Fires All DEI Employees
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/03/just-university-florida-fires-all-dei-employees/
Again, you shouldn’t shut your mind off to the concept of diversity. As an anthropologist, I can tell you that cultural diversity is valuable. But diversity shouldn’t be forced so much as taught, and not at the expensive one group over the other but with the concept of understanding each other’s cultural peculiarities to learn from each other. Surely you can admit that we can all learn from the subcultures within our own American culture.
This is a UF board full of fans and alumni that focuses primarily sports. Weird response.
Diversity of thought is a great thing. Diversity to just check boxes is not ...
We’re saying the exact same thing Fresno.
Best news I've heard in a while! Glad DeSantis is back doing his job.
Go Gators!
Go Gators!
Lloyd Austin and KJP are products of DEI. Same with Cumala and MOST of FJB's cabinet
Now maybe we can have some actual equality and not people with unearned special treatments.
Can’t be done right. We should apply it to athletics and see how it works out. It’s the same exact premise when done on other levels. You just don’t see the disaster in front of your eyes like you would if it was applied to sports. But it’s still there.
As long as they’re qualified. Then absolutely. Problem with DEI is that if you need the help, you’re not qualified to begin with. If you were, you’d just be hired on your merit.
I have thought for many years that sports was about the perfect merit based entity whether you are white, black, asian, hispanic, etc where the best players play. But we are now seeing a disaster in front of our eyes with some application of diversity or incusion, not from a racial viewpoint, but from a trans viewpoint. In the quest for inclusion, look at the mess that women's sports has become by allowing biological men to compete and ruin women's sports.
Your first sentence is an interesting one. I’m not sure what I said that would suggest I shut my mind off to diversity. We probably would agree more than not on the topic. It seems with most DEI however you get to a point of how do you measure success? Then you inevitably land on some kind of quota based “forced” diversity for the sake of diversity. The ironic thing is that people sell diversity as good for business. But diversity of race doesn’t necessarily lead to diversity of thought, to imply otherwise opens up a really weird interpretation where you need to assume that people that might be of different races think differently, but at the end of the day it’s just your life experiences that shape your perspectives and outlooks.
I agree that everyone should consider their biases and make sure they don’t get stuck in a rut of just hiring people “like them”. However, there should be many factors considered and usually it’s just dumbed down.
I agree, Racism and bigotry done "right".? What the heck?
Good.
The diversity of thought comments are silly to me. Why? Because no two people think alike on every issue, and I have never been asked political opinion on any interview.
So, what are we even talking about?
How does one determine diversity of thought?
Sounds to me like a Trojan horse/red herring.
The diversity of thought comments are silly to me. Why? Because no two people think alike on every issue, and I have never been asked political opinion on any interview.
So, what are we even talking about?
How does one determine diversity of thought?
Sounds to me like a Trojan horse/red herring.
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Diversity of thought is kind of a tongue in cheek response to diversity based on ethnicity, as being a much superior type of diversity since it’s not based on skin color or gender or sexual preference.
So diversity of thought just basically means diversity not based on checking boxes .,.
Not shocked at all. Many Swamp folks are so woke they suck their thumbs at night if they miss Rachel Maddow's comedy hour. 😂
I hate to admit it, but some of them bring far more entertainment than Cuck911 ever did.
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