Pushback? University of North Carolina pretends to ban ‘diversity, equity and inclusion’ requirements in hiring – Behind The Black – Robert Zimmerman

They’re coming for you next:  On February 23, 2023 the board of governors of the University of North Carolina voted to ban all requirements that applicants in hiring and admissions make statements advocating the racist political agenda of “diversity, equity and inclusion” [DEI].

The board stated the university “shall neither solicit nor require an employee or applicant for academic admission or employment to affirmatively ascribe to or opine about beliefs, affiliations, ideals, or principles regarding matters of contemporary political debate or social action as a condition to admission, employment, or professional advancement,” according to the resolution. An employee or applicant also can’t “be solicited or required to describe his or her actions in support of, or in opposition to, such beliefs, affiliations, ideals, or principles.”

According to the now-banned policy [pdf], anyone who wanted to either go to UNC as a student, or be hired or promoted there as a teacher, had to prove they had made a “positive contribution to DEI efforts.”

DEI efforts include but are not limited to: participation in predoctoral student programs or mentoring (e.g., Summer Science Enrichment Program, student or resident-led advocacy groups), participation in departmental DEI committee work, participation in health equity work either through clinical or research activities, completion and application of DEI training (e.g., Safe Zone, Unconscious Bias), working with underrepresented minority (URM) youth to increase interest in STEM careers, leading journal or book clubs on DEI topics, promoting social justice (e.g., create curricular content that uses inclusive concepts, imagery, and terminology regarding protected status). DEI efforts should be conceptualized in the broadest context, and contributions may expand across research, teaching, or service. [emphasis mine]

In other words, to get hired you had to push the racist policies of the modern left. Conservatives need not apply.

Will the action by the board to ban such hiring requirements change anything? I doubt it. For example, the Diversity & Inclusion Council for the entire North Carolina university system has not been disbanded. It lists a department at every university in the system…..