Kevin Gannon: More enthusiastic overcompliance with these anti-DEI laws. At this point, I can only conclude that many of the top "leaders" in these universities were simply waiting for an excuse to get rid of these student organizations, and now they have it.

More enthusiastic overcompliance with these anti-DEI laws. At this point, I can only conclude that many of the top "leaders" in these universities were simply waiting for an excuse to get rid of these student organizations, and now they have it.

At onset of anti-DEI law, Utah colleges close cultural centerswww.insidehighered.com As in Florida, Texas and other states that have passed anti-DEI legislation, Utah’s public institutions are applying the law with a broad brush.

*taps sign*

Advice | How College Leaders Can Stand Up for DEI Workers and Programswww.chronicle.com Some of the most vulnerable employees at institutions are being hung out to dry.

I mean look at how fast university presidents were to call in cops to beat and arrest students peacefully calling for divestment from genocide. They're not good people.

Many of them seem to actively dislike most of the people they are ostensibly there to serve.

They're so certain of their own superiority they assume that anything that contradicts them must be an attack and a threat.

Once again I submit that if Black D1 athletes and their white athlete allies were to publicly announce that due to these policies they would rather play at Michigan or UConn than at Florida, Bama, or LSU, things would reverse. It's not their job, but they would be more influential than we are.

It seems the law prohibits limiting access to resources based on students’ identities. I assume the closure of athletic tutoring centers is imminent?

Or ROTC and Veterans' programs? Or historically-white fraternities and sororities?

And the quotes from lawmakers that are some version of “we didn’t ask for this”. Just once I would love to hear an answer to the question “What did you think would happen?”.

It's such cynical gaslighting

Seeing this even in places that don't have anti-DEI laws...

Complying in advance. Giving the authoritarians what they want, without a fight

They are going back to the 18thcentury !

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