The UNC-Chapel Hill Board of Trustees has voted to divert $2.3 million away from diversity, equity and inclusion programs and into public safety.
The unanimous vote occurred at a special Board of Trustees meeting Monday morning. It is unclear if the diversion of funds would lead to layoffs.
Marty Kotis is vice chair of the boards budget and finance committee, which initially introduced and passed the flex cut amendment. Without citing specific examples, he called DEI programs discriminatory and divisive.
I think that DEI in a lot of peoples minds is divisiveness, exclusion and indoctrination, Kotis said. We need more unity and togetherness, more dialogue, more diversity of thought.
According to the UNC-Chapel Hill Office of Diversity and Inclusion, their mission is to create and sustain a diverse, inclusive and welcoming environment for all students, faculty and alumni.
Kotis and other board members said it was important to have additional funding for public safety to protect the campus from groups that disrupt the universitys operations.
Many members specifically mentioned recent pro-Palestinian demonstrations on campus. Last month, police detained more than 30 people at an encampment where protesters removed the U.S. flag and replaced it with a Palestinian one.
When you destroy property or you take down the U.S flag and you have to put up gates around it that costs money, Kotis said. Its imperative that we have the proper resources for law enforcement to protect the campus.
Several people, including Chapel Hill and Carrboro town council members, have condemned the universitys police response to campus demonstrations.
UNC administration created an environment that inevitably resulted in an escalation of force, including the use of pepper spray against its own students, reads a letter signed by a majority of town council members. This use of aggressive police tactics against students and community members invites aggressive responses, and only serves to escalate an already tense situation.
I think that DEI in a lot of peoples minds is divisiveness, exclusion and indoctrination, Kotis said. We need more unity and togetherness, more dialogue, more diversity of thought.Fuck you, Kotis.
I think that DEI in a lot of peoples minds is divisiveness, exclusion and indoctrination, Kotis said. We need more unity and togetherness, more dialogue, more diversity of thought.
Lol At Conservatives preaching the diversity of thought. They dont actually want that at all.Yes, because CE is a bastion of free expression right?
Yes, because CE is a bastion of free expression right?Duncan, shut the fuck up before you lose your account.
Duncan, shut the fuck up before you lose your account.Case in point.
I think that DEI in a lot of peoples minds is divisiveness, exclusion and indoctrination, Kotis saidJackass patted himself on the back when he came up with that one
I think that DEI in a lot of peoples minds is divisiveness, exclusion and indoctrination, Kotis said. We need more unity and togetherness, more dialogue, more diversity of thought.This guy enjoys the smell of his own farts.
Lol At Conservatives preaching the diversity of thought. They dont actually want that at all.Yeah, anyone with a brain can see right through this.
Yes, because CE is a bastion of free expression right?Conservatives hate diversity and want you to fucking suffer if you stray from their norm.
Case in point.That's called "a warning," not censorship.
I think that DEI in a lot of peoples minds is divisiveness, exclusion and indoctrination, Kotis said.
What a sound byte. Like it came fresh off the chud press at 261. Wonder who fed him that half-assed piece of speechcraft.Probably a "free thinker".
Yes, because CE is a bastion of free expression right?
Yes, because CE is a bastion of free expression right?Your thoughts are propaganda brain rot and that's why you get modded
We want diversity of thought, thats why were ending the diversity program is uhhh
Yes, because CE is a bastion of free expression right?