PERSPECTIVES: Trump Has Abandoned His Legal Appeal re DEI, Michigan State Should Reinstate and Expand What It Had Eliminated

Michigan State University’s Rema Vassar, writing in Bridge Michigan: “After courts ruled Trump’s orders unconstitutional in August, the university eliminated the position of vice president for diversity, equity and inclusion; scrubbed websites of “exclusionary” language; removed presidents’ statements supporting diversity; altered its strategic plan to delete equity commitments; and created a “Civil Rights Compliance” document that prohibits language like “increasing diversity” and references to “underrepresented” or “historically marginalized” groups — none of which has ever been legally banned. MSU’s vice president for student affairs sent letters claiming “state and federal anti-discrimination laws” required these changes, without specifying which laws. And when Trump abandoned his legal appeal in January, MSU remained silent.” Read more here.

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