Diversity, equity, and inclusion, or DEI, is a scam. We've reported on universities that have more than 100 staffers in DEI positions, with the top earners taking home some fat paychecks. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis sent the DEI department at New College of Florida packing and withdrew funding for DEI departments from all state schools. DeSantis is serious about making Florida where woke goes to die.
We're now learning that DEI is being extracted from Florida's tourism board, and The Hill's tweet makes that sound like a bad thing:
The tourism board appointed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to oversee Disney World and its complex announced that it will abolish all of its efforts to pursue diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. https://t.co/704ivQk3Ou
— The Hill (@thehill) August 2, 2023
Florida will continue to be the model of a merit-based economy. https://t.co/Y8DJPVBnhl
— Jeremy Redfern (@JeremyRedfernFL) August 2, 2023
The Hill reports:
A release from the board said the initiatives “discriminated against Americans based on gender and race, costing taxpayers millions of dollars.”
“The so-called diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives were advanced during the tenure of the previous board and they were illegal and simply unamerican,” district administrator Glenton Gilzean said in a statement. “Our district will no longer participate in any attempt to divide us by race or advance the notion that we are not created equal.”
This is what winning looks like.
— The LFB (@The_LFB) August 2, 2023
Leftists are allergic to merit.
— PhotographicFloridian (@JackLinFLL) August 2, 2023
— Queen of Donuts (@DonutsQueen2) August 2, 2023
This is excellent news! First the Supreme Court ruling and now this? This DEI nonsense is being stamped out one step at a time!
— Oscar (@Oscarockey) August 2, 2023
— TurtlePower98 (@sstaedtler98) August 2, 2023
I’m already sold.
— Whitey McWhite Face (@McWhiteywhite1) August 2, 2023
— Hugh Jass - Not a Kooky Liberal (@HughJass2k24) August 2, 2023
Amazing how much coverage Florida gets.
— Kensington Craig (@KC11A18A) August 2, 2023
Isn't it?
— CRx (@LowTimeHero) August 2, 2023
It's time for DEI to DIE.
— David In Washington (@DavidInWASH) August 2, 2023
President Donald Trump made noises about defunding DEI programs with government agencies and contractors, but it was so late in his term that Biden reversed everything on Day 1. Who do you trust to get it done, Trump or DeSantis?
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