With ban looming for DEI offices, what's next for Denton's colleges?

[Jonnyeagle]

The Texas Legislature has sent Senate Bill 17; which abolishes diversity, equity and inclusion offices in Texas public universities; to Gov. Greg Abbott. Once the governor signs the bill, Texas will be the second state to ban DEI offices, programs and trainings at publicly funded universities.

Florida was the first state to banish equity and diversity offices.

University of North Texas officials didn’t have much to say this week, despite the fact that the university system includes a Division of Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Access on its Denton campus. According to the division website, about 30 staff members currently work for the division. Leadership of the division didn’t respond to a request for an interview.

“The University of North Texas System is currently reviewing all legislation passed during the 88th Texas Legislature and will continue to adhere to all state and federal laws,” Laken Avonne Rapier, UNT chief communications officer, said in a statement.

UNT was one of the last Texas university systems to announce that it would pause new DEI programs, initiatives and training pending a full review of the system’s hiring policies.

Read more:  https://dentonrc.com/education/with-ban-looming-for-dei-offices-whats-next-for-dentons-colleges/article_c44837cd-4307-5051-8219-cc87897e55a2.html

[Censored by Laurie]

phew. finally...a win for white people.

[UNTLifer]

On 6/3/2023 at 1:31 PM, Censored by Laurie said:

phew. finally...a win for white people.

Really?  How so?

[rojomojo]

UNT and other Texas universities will be hit pretty hard by these ignorant law. The people arguing for this bill are the ones that refuse to see life through the lenses of a minority in America. Many Texans tend to see the world in a vision that establishes the treatment of white people as a baseline for how all Americans have been treated throughout history. This small minded narrative is the exact reason so many poorly educated southerners have such a hard time grasping concepts such as CRT and other initiatives aiming at educating and forming a better society for the future.

 

UNT will lose out on lucrative federal grants for research purposes and its ability to recruit top national talent will be hindered by this backwards and redneck bill.

[UNTLifer]

22 minutes ago, rojomojo said:

UNT and other Texas universities will be hit pretty hard by these ignorant law. The people arguing for this bill are the ones that refuse to see life through the lenses of a minority in America. Many Texans tend to see the world in a vision that establishes the treatment of white people as a baseline for how all Americans have been treated throughout history. This small minded narrative is the exact reason so many poorly educated southerners have such a hard time grasping concepts such as CRT and other initiatives aiming at educating and forming a better society for the future.

 

UNT will lose out on lucrative federal grants for research purposes and its ability to recruit top national talent will be hindered by this backwards and redneck bill.

I have read up on CRT.  Tell me what about it resonates with you, since I am just some Texan with a small minded vision or narrative equal to some poorly educated southerner?  Which of the following do you subscribe to?

1.  Every aspect  of our society is inherently racist.

2. The theory that any past discrimination must be counteracted with current day discrimination.

3.  The goal that certain races should feel shame, anger, resentment, etc. towards other races.

4.  Equity that removes opportunity based on merit and replaces it with opportunity based on race.

5.  The belief that if I disagree with CRT then I am racist.

Or pick one of the other CRT mandates that you agree with.

[ColoradoEagle]

On 6/4/2023 at 11:33 PM, UNTLifer said:

I have read up on CRT. 

Sounds like the time I read up on Mean Green Athletics on ponyfans.com.