The left is not going to let go of this. They know that they benefit politically from these programs.The College Fix reports:
Alabama DEI ban is classroom ‘censorship,’ professors allege in federal appealA group of University of Alabama students and professors filed an appeal Monday in a federal lawsuit that seeks to overturn a ban on diversity, equity, and inclusion programs in public education.They argue that the state law, which passed in 2024, has led to “discriminatory campus censorship,” AL.com reports.The law prohibits public K-12 schools and state universities from compelling a student or employee to affirm or adhere to a “divisive concept” such as white privilege, or to participate in mandatory DEI training.The appeal, submitted to the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, argues that a federal judge erred in his August decision allowing the state to enforce the law.Antonio Ingram, senior counsel with the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, told AL.com that the plaintiffs hope the appeals court will restore “the freedom to learn back to the University of Alabama system.”“Students and professors at the University of Alabama are currently subject to censorship in their academic and extracurricular life on campus because of SB 129,” Ingram said.According to the appeal, “The student plaintiffs contend that the court overlooked key facts and applied the law incorrectly when it concluded they had not been sufficiently harmed by SB 129 or that it lacked authority to remedy their constitutional violations.”A professor told the Associated Press the law has forced her to change what she teaches:
Dana Patton, a plaintiff who teaches political science at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, said in an interview that the state law led her to change curriculum that she has taught for decades.“We feel very constrained by the vagueness of the law,” Patton said, since some students might misinterpret a lesson for endorsement of a certain viewpoint.Last year, five students complained that Patton’s curriculum for the interdisciplinary honors program she administers is in conflict with the law. Patton insists that she has always taken measures to ensure a wide array of view points are represented — but that hasn’t assuaged her fears. She has since taken some material off of her syllabus.
However, U.S. District Judge David Proctor disagreed with the censorship claims, The College Fix reported at the time.
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