Diversity Training Comes to NC State University

James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal ^ | June 7, 2021 | Shannon Watkins

[karpov]

North Carolina State University students need to be taught about how to be “inclusive,” according to the school’s chancellor and top administrators.

Last June, NC State Chancellor Randy Woodson released a statement decrying individual and systemic racism and revealed the university’s plan to roll out mandatory diversity, equity, and inclusion training for students, faculty, and staff:

As one first step, in the coming academic year, we will require every student, faculty and staff member to complete diversity and inclusion learning modules. This will include every member of Cabinet as well as all of the deans, directors and department heads of the university.

On February 2, NC State undergraduate students received an email from the university with the subject line: “You have been registered for Required Training – Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Training for Undergraduate Students.”

In the email, the university notified students: “You are required to complete training for the following reason: NC State is committed to the learning and professional development of its faculty, staff, and students to create and sustain a diverse and inclusive community.”

Students were told that they must take the training with “100% completion” by April 1 in order to receive credit for taking the online course. The course is hosted by Everfi, a private training company with which the university entered into a $114,000 three-year contract. The training consists of a combination of instructional video clips, informational pop-ups, and scenarios that attempt to mirror student interactions on campus.

[rktman]

Did they mean “White people are evil and should all die” training?

[Spok]

“Diversity training” reminds me of the room where O’Brien was re-educating Winston Smith. Something that involved rats as I recall.

[beef]

At least pressure from the public forced them to backtrack somewhat. This is a good sign and an indicator of how we should proceed in the future.

[Zathras]

I was dragged into one of these back around 2007.
This is really a fact finding effort to identify those opposed to it.
Just attending can put you on a internal list for termination.

[Jay W]

Small sidebar note:

It’s always diversity, equity and inclusiveness, in that order.

The acronym is DEI.

If you say diversity, inclusiveness, equity, the acronym would be DIE.

They sometimes will get mad if you say the phrase out of order!

Because DIE is exactly what they have in mind for you, me and everyone else who will not bend the knee to them

[bgill]

Strange how growing up we’d have friends of every race and never noticed skin color. In the oh so enlightened age of 2021, we are required to have and pay for diversity classes.