Students are trapped in mandatory DEI disguised as coursework



Diversity, equity, and inclusion is now effectively illegal at the federal level and in many states, including Arizona. However, university administrators and professors remain deeply committed to its principles. Rather than disappearing, DEI will simply be rebranded under a new name.

At Arizona State University, where I have taught philosophy for 25 years, the university’s charter states that ASU will be “defined by who it includes and not by who it excludes.” That sounds good, right? Think again.

'Diversity at scale' serves as a Trojan horse for racial and social engineering.

In 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against the use of race in university admissions in Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. Harvard and SFFA v. University of North Carolina. In response, universities like ASU insisted they were unaffected. The ruling applied to institutions that follow an elitist model with limited admissions slots, they argued, while ASU prides itself on welcoming as many students as possible — conveniently sidestepping the legal issue.

I support expanding access to education for as many students as possible. However, I oppose the continued use of race and ethnicity as a basis for determining how resources are allocated. ASU justifies spending more on students it deems “diverse” while allocating fewer resources to groups such as white Christian men. In effect, it continues to justify racial and religious discrimination.

Even with DEI bans in place, ASU remains committed to viewing everything through the lens of race. Worse, it allows outside influences, such as the United Nations, to shape its curriculum. For example, ASU’s required “sustainability class” follows a framework dictated by the U.N.

Let’s examine the details.

Introducing ‘diversity at scale’

Despite the new federal ban on DEI, ASU continues to insist it does not use race in admissions. However, DEI remains deeply embedded in its structure, rebranded as “diversity at scale.”

ASU now infuses racial quotas into every aspect of its employee and student structure, focusing heavily on racial and ethnic diversity. As a result, ASU is no longer defined by the students it includes but by those it excludes from accessing resources.

One way ASU ensures DEI remains central to its education model is through its mandatory sustainability course. Every undergraduate — 180,000 students and counting — is required to take this class, which appears to focus on environmental issues and resource management. However, a closer look reveals that the course is built around the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals from 2015, which extend far beyond environmental concerns into gender and social justice.

These SDGs, signed under the Obama administration, promote a wide range of progressive political goals, including an expansive definition of gender equality rooted in the philosophy of John Money, which allows for potentially unlimited genders. The course does not introduce these ideas for debate — it presents them as unquestioned facts.

By embedding social justice objectives within the SDGs, ASU has turned its sustainability course into a vehicle for reinforcing leftist ideological positions under the guise of scientific and environmental education.

To put this in perspective, the same federal government that has outlawed DEI in education is also expected to withdraw from these U.N. goals under the second Trump administration. Yet ASU has embedded them as mandatory learning, ensuring that every student is required to engage with these perspectives, regardless of federal or state policy shifts. This is not education — it is ideological conditioning.

Ideology trumps rigor

ASU has devised a clever strategy. University leaders recognize that outright racial preferences are now legally indefensible. Instead, they have shifted their approach to curricular mandates that are harder to challenge in court.

By making courses like sustainability a graduation requirement, ASU ensures that students are immersed in DEI principles — even when official policies prohibit DEI programs in admissions and hiring. The university uses United Nations modules to emphasize “diversity and equity,” while ASU itself focuses on “inclusion.” This allows the institution to claim, “We aren’t teaching DEI.”

This approach is especially significant in Arizona, where state laws ban DEI and race-based blame. Yet ASU continues to operate in ways that contradict these laws. “Diversity at scale” serves as a Trojan horse for racial and social engineering. The university argues that it does not exclude anyone based on race — a technicality that helps it claim compliance with Supreme Court rulings. But it still structures education around racial, gender, and social justice ideologies, ensuring that these perspectives dominate student learning and resource allocation. Those deemed “not diverse” receive fewer resources, effectively excluding them.

The sustainability class is just one example. Across multiple disciplines, ASU integrates DEI and social justice principles under different names, making it nearly impossible for students to graduate without absorbing these viewpoints. Faculty are trained in “inclusive communities” teaching methods; degree programs like the School for Social Transformation (yes, that’s real) and Gender Studies receive funding for activism under the banner of equity; and departments offer courses featuring terms like “social justice” to continue advancing the same race-based ideologies that lawmakers and courts have sought to eliminate.

ASU’s strategy provides a road map for other universities navigating federal and state restrictions on DEI. Rather than eliminating these principles, institutions will embed them deeper into the curriculum, disguising them within courses that appear neutral or apolitical. The language may change, but the objectives remain the same: instilling radical ideological commitments in students under the guise of academic rigor. Without realizing it, parents are enrolling their children in classes shaped by U.N.-driven curriculum.

For those who value academic freedom and political neutrality in education, this presents a significant challenge. Universities have quickly adapted to legal and political changes, demonstrating that they are more committed to their ideological agenda than the public realizes. As the federal government considers further action against DEI, policymakers must understand that restricting admissions practices alone will not be enough. The real battle now lies within the curriculum, where institutions like ASU have ensured that ideological conformity remains a requirement for graduation.

What can be done?

If DEI is truly to be removed from higher education, focusing only on admissions and hiring will not suffice. The curriculum itself must be scrutinized, and policies must prevent mandatory courses from becoming ideological indoctrination. ASU’s required sustainability course is a prime example of how universities continue to push radical political agendas under new labels, keeping DEI entrenched despite legal prohibitions.

As a parent or prospective student, you can take action by choosing a different institution. If you are a current student frustrated by paying for U.N.-driven coursework, contact Arizona state legislators and provide examples from your classes. Your voice matters in holding universities accountable.

As policymakers and the public debate the future of higher education, they must recognize that the battle has already shifted. The fight is no longer in admissions offices — it is in classrooms, where universities like ASU have embedded their ideological agendas in ways that will be far more difficult to dismantle.

The next question is whether this battle will also reach the courtroom. Will students file class-action lawsuits against universities that misrepresented their curriculum and promoted activism under the guise of education?

New information on the Black Hawk-airliner collision only fuels new questions



More time has passed since the plane crash at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport that resulted in the tragic loss of 67 lives — but there are still more questions than answers.

“The more that we see, the more information that we get, it just leaves you scratching your head going, ‘What the hell is going on?’” Sara Gonzales of “Sara Gonzales Unfiltered” comments.

In a video released of the collision, the Black Hawk helicopter flies through the clear skies and straight into the American Airlines flight.

“It just boggles the mind how this could happen on a clear night,” Gonzales says, noting that the helicopter “seemed to be barreling full speed ahead into the plane” and was flying “outside of its approved flight path.”


President Donald Trump also commented on the devastating crash, writing in a post on Truth Social that “The Blackhawk helicopter was flying too high, by a lot.”

“It was far above the 200 foot limit. That’s not really too complicated to understand, is it???” He continued.

“I very much appreciate president Trump’s transparency here, because that is what the American people need, and he has been very transparent since the moment it happened in blasting this and saying ‘we have to get to the bottom of this,’” Gonzales comments.

“There’s human error, but half a mile on a clear night. I’m just saying, it’s not completely out of reach that some of the comments online are ‘Was this intentional?’” BlazeTV contributor Jaco Booyens chimes in.

“It doesn’t make any sense,” Eric July adds.

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All DEI policies terminated at Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram



A memo from a Meta company official announced the company's decision to terminate all hiring policies related to diversity, equity, and inclusion, according to an Axios report.

Meta is the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and Threads. The company's founder and CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, recently announced an end to controversial fact-checking policies on the popular social media platforms in order to allow for more free speech.

'We continue to be focused on serving everyone, and building a multi-talented, industry-leading workforce from all walks of life.'

Meta's vice president of human resources, Janelle Gale, wrote in a memo on Friday that the decision was made because of a change in "legal and policy landscape surrounding diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in the United States."

The memo was posted in the company's internal communications tool, according to the Axios report.

"The Supreme Court of the United States has recently made decisions signaling a shift in how courts will approach DEI," Gale added. "The term 'DEI' has also become charged, in part because it is understood by some as a practice that suggests preferential treatment of some groups over others."

She went on to say that Meta would end a team focusing on diversity policies and move its chief diversity officer to another position. Rather than emphasize diversity, Gale said the company would implement policies "that focus on how to apply fair and consistent practices that mitigate bias for all, no matter your background."

They are also no longer seeking suppliers from diverse-owned businesses and instead focusing on small- and medium-sized businesses as suppliers.

"Meta has the privilege to serve billions of people every day," Gale concluded. "It's important to us that our products are accessible to all and are useful in promoting economic growth and opportunity around the world. We continue to be focused on serving everyone and building a multi-talented, industry-leading workforce from all walks of life."

Axios published the full text of the memo.

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Dispatch from Pacific Palisades: A harrowing view of California's competency crisis



Good morning from Los Angeles.

The sky above Sunset Boulevard is black, bleeding into a band of vivid orange at the horizon. “Looks like the cover of ‘Hotel California,’” says the guy at the local coffee shop.

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass rode out the fire in Africa, where she was part of a Biden delegation attending the inauguration of Ghana’s president.

The smoke is probably from the 2,227-acre Eaton fire to our northeast, raging through Altadena and Pasadena.

Or it could be from the 75-acre Woodley fire to our northwest, or from any number of smaller fires that have erupted since Tuesday morning.

Matt Himes

A family home destroyed

I’m with two of my children (the eldest went back to boarding school Monday morning; my wife is on a business trip in New York) at a friend’s house in West Hollywood, just off the fabled Sunset Strip. We arrived here yesterday, after fleeing the fire in Pacific Palisades.

My friend and I take a quick drive up Mulholland to a scenic overlook in the Hollywood Hills. The gardeners are out with their leaf blowers.

My mother-in-law calls from Venice, where she and my father-in-law — along with my sister-in-law and her toddler — have been staying with my brother-in-law. Their house, the one they bought in 1976 and in which they raised five children, has burnt down.

Unprecedented devastation

Decades earlier, my father-in-law stood on the roof with a hose, waiting to put out any stray embers, evoking (certainly unintentionally) the famous picture of Richard Nixon atop his house during the 1961 Brentwood-Bel Air fire.

This fire is much worse. He and my sister-and-law managed to make it to the house last night, but there was far too much smoke to see or breathe.

“Aggie is probably gone,” my mother-in-law says, referring to their beloved cat.

Also destroyed is much of the nearby Palisades Village, as the small town center is called.

The local Starbucks, housed in one of the center’s few “historic” buildings, is gutted. It was there, early one morning almost 15 years ago, when a gravelly, vaguely menacing voice shook me out of my pre-coffee stupor.

Remembering Ray

“Awww, she’s beautiful!” I turned my head to see the late Ray Liotta admiring my then-infant daughter, lolling in the Baby Bjorn strapped to my chest.

It's not uncommon to run into celebrities around here. "Police Academy" and "Three Men and a Baby" actor Steve Guttenberg is a longtime resident. This summer, he was grand marshal of the town's July 4 parade.

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Yesterday, he was helping first responders move vehicles abandoned by panicked residents as they fled their homes in the hills.

At the time of my Liotta encounter, we were staying with my in-laws, having recently moved from New York. We ended up staying for a year and a half, during which time various other siblings — buffeted by their own crises — moved in and out.

It was that kind of house. It's that kind of family.

We ended up buying a house of our own about a mile to the west, on a sleepy cul-de-sac perfect for learning to ride bikes. We’re still not sure if our house is intact. Many friends have lost theirs.

Roughly between the two houses is the Episcopal school my wife and all of her siblings attended; my mother-in-law taught Latin there. My youngest still goes there (his sisters did too but are now in high school).

The church famously burnt down in the 1980s, but they rebuilt it. Since then, the general influx of the rich and famous to the area has resulted in some notable upgrades to the campus, while still letting it retain its bucolic charm. It's not uncommon to spot deer in the hills near the principal’s office.

We’ve heard part of it has burnt down.

Climate-change scolds

Most of my information I’ve been getting from social media. I was grateful for the reporting of CBS News reporter Jonathan Vigliotti, who posted footage of the devastation to X this morning.

He lost me when he turned it into a “call to action” to fight climate change.

What’s energizing me at the moment is a call to action closer to home. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass rode out the fire in Africa, where she was part of a Biden delegation attending the inauguration of Ghana’s president. She should be back in town any day now.

Gov. Gavin Newsom stood for a few photo ops (it’s impossible for him not to look creepy and smug) but said nothing heartening or useful.

Like the majority of wildfires here, this fire was most likely man-made — a drug-addled, mentally ill vagrant building a campfire or simply wanting to watch things burn.

Misplaced priorities

California’s failed homeless policies — an endless cash grab by cynical professional advocates for the “unhoused” — have combined with years of poor forestry management and woefully inadequate fire preparation to enable this inevitable disaster.

Two years ago, the Los Angeles Fire Department made the much ballyhooed decision to hire its first “female and LGBTQ” fire chief. In her official bio, she says her priority is "creating, supporting, and promoting a culture that values diversity, inclusion, and equity.”

Meanwhile, hundreds of firefighters have been risking life and limb to save what they can, but the hydrants are empty.

I've been visiting this beautiful town since 2003; I made it my home in 2009. It's always struck me as a small-town refuge in the sprawling heart of the celebrity-industrial complex.

As the T-shirt displayed in the local barbershop reads: "If you're rich you live in Beverly Hills, if you're famous you live in Hollywood, if you're lucky you live in the Palisades."

Yes, I'd say we're very lucky indeed — blessed, even.

I expect we'll demonstrate why in the coming months, as common sense and good old-fashioned community spirit prevails in the long, hard efforts to rebuild.

Pray that we succeed — and in so doing inspire a long-overdue reckoning for those whose feckless stewardship has brought this beautiful state to the brink of destruction.

DEI to the moon: Biden’s race-focused agenda is putting NASA’s future at risk



Once upon a time, the brilliant minds behind NASA took us to the moon.

Now, the Harris-Biden administration’s emphasis on DEI policies is sparking criticism for prioritizing inclusivity over the most-qualified personnel, potentially endangering national security and hindering scientific progress.

Meanwhile, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have been “stuck” on the International Space Station since June, with the possibility of remaining there for up to 240 days before being rescued, potentially by Elon Musk’s SpaceX.

However, DEI comes first — and those behind it have a major issue with the demographics of NASA’s workforce, being that it’s 64% male and 54.1% white.

“What is the white population of America,” said Pat Gray laughing, adding, “that might be a little low.”

“We want to get that down to zero,” Gray mocks.

As of 2020, the U.S. population was made up of 61.6% white people, which means that according to its own stats, white people are still underrepresented at NASA.

“So, your diversity, equity, and inclusion needs to include more white people, not less,” Gray says.


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Harley-Davidson went WOKE — it’s up to us stop other American icons from doing the same



If there’s one company you’d expect to be exploding with hardcore American values, it’s the famed, American made, tough guy motorcycle manufacturer Harley-Davidson.

Which is why Glenn Beck was absolutely shocked when filmmaker Robby Starbuck exposed Harley-Davidson, among others, for DEI-related policies that flew directly in the face of what being an American means.

“There used to be a time when we took pride in the maintenance of America, the maintenance of American heritage,” Glenn says. “It’s exactly what it was: American heritage. American brands like John Deere, Tractor Supply, Ford, Chevrolet, Indian, and Harley-Davidson.”

“We protected their legacy. We worked on their products in the fields, in our home, garages,” he continues, adding, “There was no agenda here outside of pure American greatness.”

Now, these companies are being infiltrated by people who “get their marching orders from people like Larry Fink at Black Rock” — which becomes obvious when you see what they’ve been supporting.

Harley-Davidson not only got behind the “equality act,” which would allow men into girls bathrooms, sports, and locker rooms, but the company funded an all-ages Pride event that featured a rage room next to the drag queen story time.

In addition, 1800 employees had to finish a virtual training on how to become LGBTQ+ allies, and the CEO signed the CEO action for diversity and inclusion pledge — making February and March “months of inclusion.”

White male employees were sent to a white male-only diversity training program, and the company itself is attempting to lower the number of white suppliers and employees it has.

While the company has apologized and is now walking back its leftist agenda, Glenn believes it's up to Americans to remind these companies of why they’re here and what they stand for.

“Do yourself a favor, do your country a favor. Reconnect your children to the basics of what American products are, what made them so great, why 'American Made' is more than just a slogan,” Glenn says.

“It represents the weary men and women working in factories, in small towns, all across middle America, who are trying to give their kids a better life,” he continues. “Teach your kids that getting their hands dirty is a good thing, something fought, bled, and sweat for has meaningful value.”

“And that’s who we are as Americans. It benefits the family. It supports the community. It spreads that beloved American brand all over the country and the world. That connection goes all the way to the top of the corporate boardroom, that connection that you have, that power that that spirit creates, that’s what globalists fear most.”


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Biden ‘gaslights’ American people; issues executive order that will NOT close the border



Joe Biden has just issued an executive order to “temporarily prevent migrants from seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border.”

While most of the media is acting as though Biden is actually closing the border, Sara Gonzales sees right through it.

“If you have the ability to close the border then close the freaking border now, we don’t need to wait until we have a seven day average of daily crossings that hits 2,500. We don’t need to wait for that,” Gonzales says.

“But Joe Biden says, ‘No, no, no, that’s fine, I will abuse my authority and I will just issue an executive border to only activate closing the border when we hit that 2,500 mark, and then the border would reopen when crossings stay below a daily average of 1,500 for seven consecutive days,’” she adds.

“It’s almost as if they don’t actually want a solution at all,” Eric July agrees. “This is why you got this kind of cat and mouse game going on.”

Gonzales calls what they’re doing “gaslighting,” before listening to what Biden had to say regarding his executive order.

“I’ve come here today to do what the Republicans in Congress refuse to do: take the necessary steps to secure our border. Four months ago, after weeks of intense negotiation between my staff and Democrats and Republicans, we came to a clear, clear bipartisan deal,” Biden said.

“It was the strongest border security agreement in decades, but then Republicans in Congress, not all, but walked away from it. Why? Because Donald Trump told them to. He told the Republicans, which has been published widely by many of you, that he didn’t want to fix the issue, he wanted to use it to attack me.”

“It was a cynical, an extremely cynical political move and a complete disservice to the American people who are looking for us to not weaponize the border but to fix it,” he concluded.

Gonzales can’t believe what she’s hearing.

“Joe Biden, the man who has done nothing for nearly four years at the border, and not only done nothing but actually reversed all of the policies that Trump had that were working.”


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Charlamagne Tha God shocks ‘Daily Show’ crowd by trashing DEI with facts



Charlamagne Tha God has revealed how he really feels about DEI programs — and it’s not what anyone expected.

“The truth about DEI is that although it’s well-intentioned, it’s mostly garbage, okay? It’s kind of like the black Little Mermaid. Just because racists hate it, doesn’t mean it’s good,” Charlamagne said while guest-hosting “The Daily Show.”

“You know I’m right because every one of you has sat through one of those diversity training sessions and thought, ‘This is some bulls**t,’” he continued.

Charlamagne also complained that DEI programs actually “don’t make the workplace better for minorities” and said “DEI training is like DARE for racism.”

“You all know how effective that was. I was sitting there going, ‘Oh, there’s a ton of fun drugs I should try, I didn’t even know about Molly, thanks officer,’” he told the audience.

While Dave Rubin is impressed, he wants “to reiterate the point that he’s just reading a script.”

“These are not ideas coming out of his brain. I don’t know that they would have given that exact script to Jon Stewart because they do believe in this neo-racism,” Rubin says.

While Charlamagne was most likely reading from a script, Alex Stein is glad this script is being read.

“He does make a good point that when you make everything about race and gender, that is inherently racist,” Stein tells Rubin.


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WATCH: Dallas Mavs CEO openly admits she fires anyone who doesn’t support woke protocols



Rather than focusing on being the best basketball team in the NBA, the Dallas Mavericks are more focused on implementing DEI and other woke practices.

The team’s CEO, Cynt Marshall, says so herself. Dave Rubin plays the video of her boldly stating she will not hesitate to get rid of anyone who opposes DEI protocols.

“We wanted to also focus on emotional safety, and I told the team these values would be on the walls, but more importantly, they would operate in the halls,” Marshall explained, “so then we went through a series of sessions to really dig into those values and what it meant to have values-based employment at the Dallas Mavericks.”

Marshall then implemented a “100 days plan” designed to “model zero tolerance.” Part of this plan included a “hotline” and a “complaint process” that would allow her to “purge what [she] needed to purge,” insinuating that she fires anyone who isn’t on board with her woke protocols.

Another part of the plan was to implement a “Mav’s women’s agenda” that revolved around “elevating, empowering, and educating women,” as well as emphasize “cultural transformation, which is all the things around diversity and inclusion.”

According to Marshall, her “200 initiatives” were necessary to “institutionalize an inclusive culture.”

“This is the CEO of the Dallas Mavericks,” sighs Dave. “Her job is to make the Dallas Mavericks basketball team as functional as possible, to win as much as possible, to make as much money as possible, to bring in the proper coach, proper GM ... so they have the best freaking basketball team.”

And yet, “everything she talked about there had nothing to do with that.”


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Elon Musk's succinct response to Mark Cuban's DEI rant is beyond perfect



Elon Musk has been making his position on DEI crystal clear through X (formerly known as Twitter).

In a quote tweet, Musk wrote, “DEI is just another word for racism.”

In another tweet, he wrote, “Discrimination on the basis of race, which DEI does, is literally the definition of racism.”

Dave Rubin is in agreement with Musk, saying, “Of course that is true. There is no such thing as reverse racism. If you don’t like white people or you won’t hire white people in the name of DEI, you are a racist.”

However, it seems that Rubin and Musk’s brand of common sense is not all that common.

Billionaire Mark Cuban, who owns the Dallas Mavericks, tweeted back at Elon with a condescending essay.

“Let me help you out and give you my thoughts on DEI,” Cuban began, adding, “I take it as a given that there are people of various races, ethnicities, orientation, etc that are regularly excluded from hiring consideration.”

Cuban explained that by opening his search to people who are “excluded,” he “can find people that are more qualified.”

He also told Musk that “having a workforce that is diverse” is “good for business.”

Cuban’s tweet was broken up into five paragraphs, each explaining why DEI is good for business.

“That’s the liberal college girl response,” Rubin says, noting that while Elon wrote two succinct sentences on the subject, Cuban wrote a never-ending, uninteresting tale that lacked any real meaning.

“Nobody else is using DEI the way he’s pretending to define it,” Rubin says, adding that Musk “nailed” his response to Cuban.

“Cool, so when should we expect to see a short white/Asian woman on the Mavs?” Musk wrote.


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