Dozens of positions related to diversity, equity, and inclusion has been shut down At the University of Texas at Austin, many liberals were outraged and outraged.
About 60 workers were fired Tuesday over SB 17, the Republican-passed bill that bans DEI at public universities. The law banning DEI goes into effect on January 1 and has already sparked controversy among some universities who are resisting it.
The Texas Conference of the American Association of University Professors and the Texas NAACP accused the university of racial discrimination, arguing that the fired workers were already in compliance with SB Title 17.
There are some on the left talked told KVUE-TV about their anger.
“Honestly, I cried and was angry,” said Aaliyah Barlow, president of the Black Student Union.
“A lot of people are upset,” UT junior Chris Deanna McAfee said. “All of my group girlfriend chats are furious. All of GroupMe, all of Slack, everyone is furious.”
She claimed that about 1,000 students gathered to discuss the dismissal.
“It’s very difficult to sit back and watch the fact that they were told they would keep their jobs and now they no longer have a job,” McAfee said. “This is just Texas…Texas doesn’t want us here. Texas doesn’t want us here.”
The Texas Democratic Party’s official account said this is just the beginning.
“The Texas Republican Party has banned DEI on college campuses. 60 people are now out of work at UT Austin, and this is just the beginning. SB17 is anti-worker, anti-inclusion, and anti-Texas. ” read post on social media.
Other people are Dismissal as a “purge” Similar to those from the Soviet Russian era.
“I have to see this as a purge of DEI-trained staff. It’s literally like a McCarthy-era purge, because none of the staff members who were let go have DEI in their portfolios at this point. Because we don’t have it,” he said. Karma Chavez, Chair in Mexican American and Latino Studies; “All they had was a background in DEI-related jobs.”
“The fact that they’re not currently doing that work and complying with the law doesn’t seem to matter,” said Lisa Moore, director of the Office of Women, Gender and Sexuality Research. They will be bullied and harassed for having previously worked in DEI until they leave UT. ”
Chavez went on to argue that opponents of DEI want to exclude everyone except those from “predominantly white, middle-class, heterosexual, Christian backgrounds.”
Here are the details of the DEI ban in Texas:
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