Governor Ron DeSantis held a press conference in West Palm Beach as a bill that takes aim at diversity programs in universities is being heard in the legislature today.
Florida House bill 999 prohibits fields of study including race and gender studies, and prohibits spending on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in universities. The bill also allows tenure for professors to be reviewed at any time.
In front of a backdrop that read “Exposing the Diversity Scam”, DeSantis blamed university administrations for forcing diversity, equity, and inclusion on faculty and students.
“This is the administrative machinery of the university that is basically adopting a very strident ideology and then just imposing it on the students even if they never take a class on any of this.” DeSantis said.
DeSantis was joined by many anti-diversity advocates, including one Boise professor who was inspired to fight against DEI after public backlash against his misogynistic comments and a conservative activist who has described diversity as a farce and a cult.
This comes after students gained national attention at the University of South Florida and Florida State University for protesting the bill. Several Democratic Florida representatives have spoken in opposition to the bill. Representative Yvonne Hinson calls it “a complete takeover of Florida’s public universities.”
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How can there be NO comments??? This man has got to be challenged. He’s using the play book right out of the Nazi era- Banning books- Marginalizing and now attacking the L,G,B,G,T,+ communities, of which there are MANY here in Florida…bullying transgender kids and their families, screaming about freedumb, while literally trying to take it way right in front of our eyes…..it’s atrocious, and there needs to be a serious uprising in this State- as well as respected medical, psychological, and other professionals starting to speak out forcefully, and challenging this now super majority regime with facts and education, that they clearly lack. Where were these so called “compassionate conservatives” in 9th grade Biology class? Did their books get banned too?? I AM EMPLORING ANY MEDICAL DOCTORS READING THIS TO PLEASE EXPLAIN, LIVE ON CAMERA, IN REAL TIME, THAT WHAT THEY’RE PUSHING IS MISINFORMATION, SCARE TACTICS, AND CULTURAL WARFARE, AND IT CAN ONLY BE FOUGHT WITH TRUTH, EDUUCATAION, UNDERSTANDING, LOVE, ACCEPTANCE, AND REAL HUMAN COMPASSION AND EXPOSING THE DeSANTIS SCAM!.