U. Texas San Antonio Eliminating DEI Office Instead of Renaming It
“Given our evolving understanding of S.B. 17, as well as continuing voluntary changes in staffing and personnel reappointments from that office, it no longer made sense to launch the new office”
They were planning to just rebrand the office but people noticed and now that effort is over.
The College Fix reports:
Instead of renaming DEI office, UT San Antonio will eliminate it altogether
The University of Texas San Antonio recently scrapped its decision to effectively rename its Office of Inclusive Excellence to the Office of Campus and Community Belonging.
The decision was announced less than a week after The College Fix reported that the university appeared to just be following the spirit — but not the letter — of a new Texas law that bans DEI offices.
The Dec. 28 article pointed out the renamed office would include the same DEI staff, citing an announcement from President Taylor Eighmy. The university’s media relations department at the time did not respond to requests for comment from The College Fix asking whether the shift was in some ways a rebrand to skirt the law.
The Fix report was picked up widely in the days to follow by outlets including Hot Air, PJ Media, Legal Insurrection, Townhall, and others.
S.B. 17 took effect Jan. 1. On Jan. 2, Eighmy reversed the decision and said the newly revamped office would instead close altogether.
“Given our evolving understanding of S.B. 17, as well as continuing voluntary changes in staffing and personnel reappointments from that office, it no longer made sense to launch the new office,” he said in a memo.
“Instead, we will leverage the strong capabilities of our existing offices and divisions to realign ADA and disability services, campus climate and community engagement activities across various institutional divisions.”
The law states that an “institution of higher education may not establish or maintain a diversity, equity, and inclusion office or hire or assign an employee of the institution, or contract with a third party, to perform the duties of a diversity, equity, and inclusion office.”
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Will be reconstituted under another name and masked with a different purpose. Never underestimate the use of pretext by the left.
I’m guessing that UTSA is over 50% hispanic. What would “belonging” mean in that context?
Are they really getting rid of it, or are they just moving those people into different positions so it’s more difficult to discover?
Were any of the now-useless employees laid off?
What makes you think that they are only “now-useless”? What did they produce of value before now?