University of Florida eliminates all DEI positions in accordance with new law signed by Ron DeSantis



The University of Florida is the first college to fire all diversity, equity, and inclusion employees in accordance with a new law signed by Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis.

The university had previously dedicated $5 million to support DEI implementation but announced Friday that it would reroute that money to a faculty recruitment fund.

DeSantis celebrated the announcement from his official social media account.

"DEI is toxic and has no place in our public universities. I’m glad that Florida was the first state to eliminate DEI and I hope more states follow suit," he tweeted.

State Democrats, on the other hand, were outraged and furious.

“I am stunned but not surprised at the elimination of DEI staff at University of Florida, my Alma Matter,” said state Rep. Yvonne Hinson. “The culture wars engaged in the Republican dominated Florida House of Representatives will continue until Floridians have had enough and develop the will and determination to flip the majority in the Florida House.”

“When will we stop with these made up culture wars that are literally costing people their livelihoods," responded Rep. Dianne Hart. "In an effort to prevent ‘indoctrination’ in our classrooms, we have in turn created an education system that is built off lies, falsehoods, and deceptive history. We can’t call ourselves the ‘free State of Florida’ when children aren’t free to learn the truth of their history, and see the diversity of humanity."

In July, a report accused the University of Florida of underreporting its DEI initiatives to conceal the depth of its support of radicalism on campus.

That same month, DEI experts and activists bemoaned the dwindling interest and investment into their political agenda by companies and corporations.

“2020 was the year that we were definitely making strides — but there wasn’t any strategy, there wasn’t any plan,” said business strategist Kim Crayton at the time.

One estimate found that DEI investment had skyrocketed to as much as $3.5 billion in 2020.

"It was a PR moment — corporate blackface," she added. "I told people at the time: ‘White guilt isn’t going to last.’”

Among those companies accused of backing off of their support for DEI were Disney, Netflix, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and Warner Bros. Discovery.

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Director of upcoming 'The Marvels' hints the film will FLOP – 'This just isn’t working'



In a day when DEI is prioritized over experience and talent, it’s no surprise that even big-budget movies are flopping left and right.

The upcoming "The Marvels" movie featuring Brie Larson is projected to follow the same abysmal trajectory as nearly all the preceding films with woke agendas.

Director Nia DaCosta’s work experience and even some of her own comments about the movie hint that the sequel will be a failure and that her role as director might be tied to DEI initiatives.

“Two months out from its premiere date, all of the cast and crew should be absolutely buzzing with excitement,” says Lauren Chen, “but instead for some reason we have headlines like this ... ‘Director Nia DaCosta Implies She’s Done With Marvel Studios Productions After "The Marvels."'"

The article reported, “In an interview with Vanity Fair, DaCosta complained throughout the interview about how stressful and demanding the production was for the film.”

“Sometimes you’d be in a scene and you’d be like, ‘What the hell does any of this s*** mean?’ ... There were obviously hard days, and days where you’re like, ‘This just isn’t working,”’ DaCosta told interviewers.

“I’m not saying it’s a bad thing that this director was maybe taken out of her comfort zone with ‘The Marvels,’” says Lauren, “but it seems like … she was just ill-suited to the project to begin with.”

But Lauren isn’t really surprised by this.

“The MCU lately has been on this kick where they like to take directors who are really not familiar with big-budget, sci-fi action blockbusters and then give them Marvel movies,” she says, “and also if you ask me the reason why this is done is largely for diversity; they’re just like looking to get women or people of color behind the camera even if they’re not qualified for it.”

“When you prize things like skin color or gender over actual experience, then yes, you should expect to get people behind the camera that do feel overwhelmed,” says Lauren in reference to DaCosta’s comments.


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Equity activists are outraged that 'white guilt' has run out after Disney, Netflix, and other companies force out DEI chiefs



Racial equity activists are outraged after several large companies dropped their diversity, equity, and inclusion consultants in response to conservative backlash and criticism.

The outrage was documented in a report from the Los Angeles Times that noted the exits of DEI experts at Disney, Netflix, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and Warner Bros. Discovery.

“I wake up every day trying not to be a cynic, but this is frightening,” said Vic Bulluck of the NAACP Hollywood bureau. “Hollywood seems to be sending a message that these programs that were designed to give more access to African Americans are no longer needed.”

The report noted that all of the DEI chiefs dismissed were black women.

Business strategist Kim Crayton claimed that she predicted that the corporate support of DEI programs would be short-lived.

“2020 was the year that we were definitely making strides — but there wasn’t any strategy, there wasn’t any plan,” she explained.

“It was a PR moment — corporate blackface," she added. "I told people at the time: ‘White guilt isn’t going to last.’”

Disney, Netflix, and Warner Bros. Discovery told the Los Angeles Times that these criticisms were inaccurate and that they were still committed to the cause of equity and diversity.

Crayton went on to say claim that DEI consultants were too busy having to deal with white people's feelings to make any lasting change about inequity.

“If you don’t have the autonomy, the resources or the authority to make changes, it won’t work,” she said. “Many of these women spend the majority of their time navigating white people’s feelings — and you cannot do the work if you have to do that.”

Former NBCUniversal diversity chair Paula Madison put it another way.

“In many instances, the person in those roles has no power,” Madison explained. “These DEI officers are just treading water — and sometimes they are drowning. These things were never designed to be successful.”

The exasperation of DEI proponents was mirrored by that of LGBTQ activists who complained that corporations had been backing off from their support of the far-left movement during the very lucrative Pride Month.

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