Tag: diversity
Anoka-Hennepin educator willing to lose job in opposing controversial DEI training
An Anoka-Hennepin School District employee said she’s willing to risk her job to voice her opposition to what she described as a racist and...
Hennepin County dedicates entire month to ‘diversity’ with lessons on ‘dismantling...
Hennepin County holds an annual “Celebrating Diversity Month” for employees, which features “learning opportunities” on “dismantling whiteness” and “respecting pronouns.”
Some of the training sessions...
Target diversity chief tells employees to accept DEI or ‘leave’
In a resurfaced video, Target’s diversity chief Kiera Fernandez shared that Target employees can get on board with diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts...
NIH spends millions on equity, LGBT issues instead of researching cures
(The Center Square) — Congress’ recent $1.7 trillion omnibus spending bill increased the budget for medical research funding at the National Institutes of Health...
University settles discrimination lawsuit with professor
(Campus Reform) — Minnesota State University Mankato (MSUM) recently settled a lawsuit with Ka-Wah Wong, a professor passed over by the Department of Physics and Astronomy for a tenure-track position.
Wong...
Ex-teacher: Violence in schools has ‘become the norm’
Violence has become the norm in classrooms across Minnesota as teachers are discouraged from speaking out on the issue, former teacher Debbie York told...
University of Minnesota regent resists calls to resign
The vice chairman of the University of Minnesota Board of Regents apologized for comments he made at a meeting last week but said he...
Ohio university to assign ‘diversity scores’ to new faculty applicants
(American Greatness) — Bowling Green State University in Ohio is set to hand out “diversity and inclusion” scores to anyone applying to be a...
‘98% white’: Minnesota theater cancels performance because cast was too white
Chanhassen Dinner Theatres canceled its upcoming production of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s “Cinderella” because the cast was too white.
The Chanhassen-based production company cited its “ongoing...
Ahlgren: The truth about tolerance in America
A bigoted America fueled by its hate for those who are not white, heterosexual males. A country so irredeemably racist that discrimination is woven...