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University of Florida FIRES all 28 of
its DEI employees after DeSantis law bans
schools from using state money for diversity,
equity and inclusion

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Posted By: Imright, 3/1/2024 11:45:36 PM

The University of Florida has eliminated all positions affiliated with Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI). The move, laid bare in a leaked administrative memo, serves as the latest in the state's mission to nix DEI initiatives from public institutions. University Director of Public Affairs Cynthia Roldan confirmed the cut consisted of 13 full-time positions, as well 15 administrative appointments - 28 in total. It also marks an end to the school's office devoted to diversity, opened just six years ago. The next year, Republican Ron DeSantis would become governor, and has since passed a litany of laws

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Reply 1 - Posted by: thomthomp 3/2/2024 12:33:41 AM (No. 1668553)
Like 3000 lawyers at the bottom of the sea - a good start.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: Dreadnought 3/2/2024 12:51:05 AM (No. 1668555)
This means every individual in that DEI office had no marketable skills of use to the university outside of that office (of gatekeepers.)
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Reply 3 - Posted by: FL_Absentee_Voter 3/2/2024 12:57:09 AM (No. 1668557)
...Republican Ron DeSantis would become governor, and has since passed a litany of laws... Wow. Glad I don't live in Florida, where the governor has dictatorial power to pass laws by fiat that keep people in chains.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: Trigger2 3/2/2024 3:09:05 AM (No. 1668573)
Good riddance to bad rubbage.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: mifla 3/2/2024 5:19:09 AM (No. 1668606)
Interviewer: "I see on your resume that you were a DEI employee." ex-DEI: "Yes, at the University of Florida." Interviewer: "Yes, but do you have any real job skills?"
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Reply 6 - Posted by: Jesuslover54 3/2/2024 5:34:23 AM (No. 1668614)
I got a frisson.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: Rinktum 3/2/2024 6:48:36 AM (No. 1668645)
May this trend continue. Whoever said diversity is our strength should be horsewhipped. It just intensifies our differences. I like there are differences in our backgrounds but what makes that work is when we can come together for the good of the country and still hold on to our heritages. However, our differences should not be put on some kind of preferential scale where some groups are better than others. With the ideas of freedom and equal opportunity for all bringing us together under love of country we had a true melting pot which worked well for centuries until the radical leftists decided to push their agenda. We need to get back to what made us strong, out of many, one and reject diversity because we are ultimately one race, the human race.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: jeffkinnh 3/2/2024 6:49:14 AM (No. 1668646)
Outright firing is the only appropriate way to deal with DEI workers. They are toxic and have no usable skills beyond creating tension and playing victim. For the most part they are arrogant, confrontational, and unlikeable.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: Rather Read 3/2/2024 7:20:18 AM (No. 1668662)
I work with a guy who is scared to death that my state (Kentucky) will ban DEI. I wish it would. I'm tired of the whole thing.
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Reply 10 - Posted by: Msquared112 3/2/2024 7:22:40 AM (No. 1668666)
THAT'S what I'm talkin' about! Who else has had the guts to do this? {{crickets}}
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Reply 11 - Posted by: JunkYardDog 3/2/2024 7:24:57 AM (No. 1668670)
Today, Florida...tomorrow academia/media/governments everywhere! Hey Ho! Hey Ho! DEI has got to go!
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Reply 12 - Posted by: anniebc 3/2/2024 7:30:59 AM (No. 1668675)
If DEI was valuable. . . HR should be next.
20 people like this.

Reply 13 - Posted by: planetgeo 3/2/2024 7:36:08 AM (No. 1668677)
THIS is the way a competent, quietly strong leader turns things around. By doing, not by bluster. Why isn't every red state doing this right now?
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Reply 14 - Posted by: Venturer 3/2/2024 7:41:14 AM (No. 1668681)
Which tells me that they only pushed diversity for the money
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Reply 15 - Posted by: skacmar 3/2/2024 7:55:42 AM (No. 1668691)
I look for the media to frame this as: DeSantis brutally fires 28 Black, female, and minority staff in his continues crusade to discriminate and bring back Jim Crow Era to Florida. College students are fearful on campuses for their continued safety and ability to continue attending college. They are currently sheltering in place and counselors are available to those who are hurt by this overt display of systematic racism.
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Reply 16 - Posted by: Strike3 3/2/2024 8:19:20 AM (No. 1668702)
They hired 28 black people for the purpose of hiring another bunch of black people at a university. This makes about as much business sense as hiring a bunch of bird watchers to paint your house.
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Reply 17 - Posted by: LLAMA 3/2/2024 8:21:48 AM (No. 1668704)
Florida continues to be a leader, along with Texas, in pushing back against the mediocracy induced by 'wokism' and 'equity', and the result is there for all to see: booming economies and greater freedom for all. Other states are doing the same, but follow-up will be needed to ensure that those who try to find loop-holes and other nefarious ways to avoid actual compliance with the law will not be successful. The DEI proponents may be low IQ, but they are dedicated.
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Reply 18 - Posted by: Sorosisbehindit 3/2/2024 9:07:22 AM (No. 1668741)
Clearly these paid positions are only viable when we the taxpayers fund them.
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Reply 19 - Posted by: janjan 3/2/2024 9:08:59 AM (No. 1668746)
DEI is meant to reinstate affirmative action under a new name. Liberals feel entitled to ignore SC rulings that they disagree with.
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Reply 20 - Posted by: Dodge Boy 3/2/2024 9:30:53 AM (No. 1668775)
This is a small but very good start. Good for Florida U. This is needs to spread to the federal government level and not just at the college level. Like what Argentina's Melei is doing.
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Reply 21 - Posted by: Log Cabin Preacher 3/2/2024 9:34:22 AM (No. 1668778)
28 people? There were that many? What on earth did they do that required 28 people?
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Reply 22 - Posted by: downnout 3/2/2024 10:26:15 AM (No. 1668836)
Go Gators!!!
6 people like this.

Reply 23 - Posted by: MickTurn 3/2/2024 11:36:26 AM (No. 1668892)
Oh, BOO HOO, Lefties FIRED. Let this be a Massive TREND!
4 people like this.

Reply 24 - Posted by: Gordon Mills 3/2/2024 11:40:08 AM (No. 1668903)
#3, what say ye about living in this country where the resident has dictatorial powers to pass laws by fiat (EO) to keep people in chains?
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Reply 25 - Posted by: DVC 3/2/2024 12:21:17 PM (No. 1668947)
I saw this yesterday, and my wife and I were very pleased. Go Gators! Too bad that they permit them to seek other jobs with the university. They should be GONE, permanently.
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Reply 26 - Posted by: Zigrid 3/2/2024 12:26:03 PM (No. 1668951)
No wonder everyone is moving to Florida...sounds like a good place to live....
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