Commentary: California community colleges go off the rails with DEI

Jerry Coyne July 26, 2023 1 min read

Jerry Coyne
Why Evolution is True

Excerpt: This could be a long article if I summarized all the mishigass going on in the community college system of the state of California, but I’ll try to be brief and put the items in numbered form. The upshot is that the system has thrown its hat entirely in the DEI ring, making all faculty and staff pledge fealty not just to DEI, but to the extreme Ibram Kendi-an view of DEI. And if you don’t obey they’re rules for behaving as an “antiracist”, you could be demoted, fired, or denied tenure.

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