Posted on 06/21/2024 6:58:43 AM PDT by LiberalismDestroys
The University of Utah will eliminate cultural centers geared to Black, female, LGBT and other students as it shifts gears to comply with a new Utah law that targets diversity initiatives in public universities and other public entities. Instead, the offerings the centers have provided will be centralized in a new, more broad-based entity, the Community and Cultural Engagement Center. The changes were publicly announced Thursday, ahead of the July 1 deadline to comply with HB261. That's the new Utah law meant to dismantle diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives — typically geared to minority and marginalized students — and prod universities to instead create offerings for all students based on need, regardless of personal identifiers.
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Unlike other states.
Definitely on the right track. Too many dollars are wasted on these idiotic “cultural” centers. Our motto is E Pluribus Unum. Universities should be stressing what unifies, not what divides.
Typical MSM BS spin. They eliminated the fascist DEI policies.
Wow! How's that for bureaucratese gobbledygook!
KSL is owned by the LDS church and was once very conservative, now I can’t tell a difference from them and the leftist Salt Lake Tribune. I think their exposed history concerning black folks and others, has caused them to change.
Agreed. Putting all those departments into a new “Community and Cultural Engagement Center” might be just changing the logo but still pushing the same DEI bigotry — hoping it’s enough to bypass the new state law prohibiting it.
This is why I stopped donating to my university - I do not want my hard-earned to go to the likes of anything supports racial or gender issues.
No, no, this merely “enforces” much earlier laws on no racism. It will bleed into prohibitions against affirmative action — which is good for all.
IF Texas secedes, UTAH will join in quickly
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