The country’s largest and most expensive diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) program only hired staff “committed to DEI,” then tried to scrub them from the public’s memory when the program came under fire.
Staff and fellows at the University of Michigan boast specialties in critical race theory, ethnic studies and gender ideology, teaching courses on “queer histories” and “black feminism,” according to screenshots of the now-deleted directory shared on X. The school’s DEI efforts may soon be coming to an end after criticisms surfaced of the multi-million dollar program fueling racial tensions on campus.
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One assistant professor and fellow in the university’s Collegiate Fellows Program studies how “trans Latinas use their bodies to resistant forms of labor” in what she describes as “queer potentiality,” according to her now-deleted biography page. Her research and writing on “sex working trans Latinas” is meant to “defy racist-cisgenderism.”
One assistant professor and fellow in the university’s Collegiate Fellows Program studies how “trans Latinas use their bodies to resistant forms of labor” in what she describes as “queer potentiality,” according to her now-deleted biography page. Her research and writing on “sex working trans Latinas” is meant to “defy racist-cisgenderism.”
Another assistant professor in the English department examines “antiracist and queer revisions of Aristotle’s ancient theory of rhetorical ethos,” his biography page reads. A dissertation by an assistant professor in sociology argues that “Southern wife beating laws” have roots in white supremacy, according to the archives webpage.
While intersectionality was an ongoing theme among fellows in the university’s program, one in particular studies how Jews and Muslims can relate through their apparent experiences in “queerness.”
The school apparently removed the DEI staff directory after the program was called into question for its numerous reported failures, according to John Sailer, senior fellow and director of higher education policy at the Manhattan Institute. The webpage now redirects to the fellowship’s landing page, with no fellow directory in sight.
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The university spent approximately $30.68 million annually on DEI staff and has invested $250 million on its program since 2016. Despite this, race and gender relations at the University of Michigan have apparently worsened, with complaints relating to race, gender and religion skyrocketing, while staff and students have become less likely to interact with people different from them.
The program’s failures have led the university to consider defunding or restructuring the DEI office. The Board of Regents — the university’s highest governing body — is expected to vote on the matter as early as Nov. 5, according to an email sent by the faculty senate chair to faculty members.
The University of Michigan did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for comment.
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