University of Florida fires all DEI employees in compliance with state law
FOX NewsFeb 29
The Facts
According to a memo released on Friday, the University of Florida has eliminated all 28 positions linked to the diversity, equality, and inclusion (DEI) program, closed the office of the chief diversity officer, and ended DEI contracts with outside vendors.
The retrenched employees, who will receive a standard 12-week severance pay, have been encouraged to apply for open positions at the university before April 19 to have their applications fast-tracked.
The Spin
Left narrative
As DeSantis and his wingman Sasse continue to tilt at windmills in their nonsensical all-out war on the so-called woke culture in colleges, it's higher education that suffers the most. Axing the entire DEI staff at the University of Florida is nothing but a disgraceful political decision.
Right narrative
Other states should learn from Florida and UF, which has shut down a divisive political power-grab bureaucracy without caving in to pressure to continue the program under a new name. Hopefully, other American universities will follow suit and return to their core mission of education rather than indoctrination.
