New Wyoming law bans DEI in state’s public colleges– www.thecollegefix.com
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Bill faces criticism for ‘censorship’
Wyoming Republican Gov. Mark Gordon signed a bill this month prohibiting the state’s public colleges from engaging in “any diversity, equity or inclusion program, activity or policy.”
DEI “means any program, activity or policy that promotes differential or preferential treatment of individuals or classifies individuals on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, ethnicity or national origin,” House Bill 147 states.
The bill also bans “institutional discrimination,” which it defines as a policy or practice that asserts the superiority or inferiority of individuals based on “race, color, religion, sex, ethnicity, or national origin.” Public colleges cannot engage in practices that discriminate, assign blame, or require guilt acknowledgment based on these characteristics, the bill states.
Additionally, Wyoming’s community colleges and the University of Wyoming, the state’s only public university, are prohibited from promoting the idea that meritocracy or traits such as a strong work ethic are inherently racist or sexist.
