Christopher F. Rufo joined Governor Ron Desantis on 1/31/2023 to announce a reform initiative to fight higher education DEI. Rufo sent me a email entitled THE FIGHT TO ABOLISH DEI BEGINS. SENT ON 2/1/2023.
Let me quote what Rufo sent me: Yesterday, I joined Ron Desantis in Sarasota, Florida, to support his new education reform initiative, which promises to abolish DEI bureaucracies, prohibit coercive ‘diversity statements,’ ban mandatory critical race theory-style ‘diversity training,’ and end identity-based preferences in all Florida public universities.
In my speech to the press I stood with the governor and explained the Orwellian nature of DEI, which sounds well-intentioned, but, in truth, divides Americans into ‘oppressor’ and ‘oppressed,’ actively discriminates on the basis of ancestry and seeks to create equality of outcomes, rather than equal treatment under the law.
DeSantis’ proposal is a bold one. For decades, conservatives have ceded the universities to the most intolerant and ideological factions of the Left. We’ve been paralyzed by the fear of specious accusations of ‘censorship.’
No more. It is time to restore public authority over our public institutions. I will do everything in my power to help leaders such as Governor DeSantis—who has proven to be the most ambitious and strategically-minded political figure in the United States—succeed in transforming these proposals into the law of the land.”
My response: Can Rufo and DeSantis use the power of legislation and executive orders to scale back the DEI revolution, or will it serve as censoring intellectual freedom of professors on campus, setting a dangerous precedent of curbing academic freedom. A most undesirable and unconstitutional limit on professorial 1st Amendment rights.
Could reverse discrimination law suits by whites, heterosexual, Christian, male and individualists scale back the woke monopoly on ideology on campus, without curbing professorial free speech?
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