University of Florida eliminates DEI offices, sacks all staff. By Alissa Gray at the Alligator.
UF fired 13 full-time diversity, equity and inclusion positions and ended 15 administrative appointments for faculty Friday. It also eliminated the office of the Chief Diversity Officer and ended DEI contracts with outside vendors, according to a Friday memo.
The memo follows a 2023 Florida statute prohibiting the university from spending state or federal funds on DEI initiatives, which was approved by the Florida Board of Governors in its final form Jan. 24.
The about $5 million that was previously allocated to DEI expenses will now fund faculty recruitment.
A first and necessary step. Once an organization is taken over by lefties, it will be left-activist for ever more. Burn it down. Well done Ron Desantis.
The left can see the writing on the wall:
KAMALA HARRIS: "They're trying to do with 'DEI' — diversity, equity, and inclusion — what they sadly, successfully, did with 'woke'!" pic.twitter.com/SCauP9IJgN
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) February 29, 2024
The conservative right is sharpening its skills to counter the left’s social and political tyranny. We’re not all the way there yet, but progress is undeniable.
Take our approach to the “woke” culture as a prime example. We flipped the script, turning “woke” into a term so laden with negative vibes that both companies and individuals started steering clear of it.
Now, we’re applying the same strategy to DEI (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion) programs, critiquing their focus on skin color, gender identity, and sexual preference over actual skills and abilities, and we’re seeing the same outcome as we did with the “woke” movement. Companies and people are backing away from the unfair, “charity-based” concept. …
This is the first sure-fire sign that the conservative counter-revolution is underway.
Maybe. Let’s see if it gathers pace and everyone fires their DEI bigots.
