{"id":20901,"date":"2024-07-18T00:51:54","date_gmt":"2024-07-18T07:51:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/politicalhat.com\/?p=20901"},"modified":"2024-07-18T00:51:54","modified_gmt":"2024-07-18T07:51:54","slug":"quick-takes-dei-in-academia-banned-in-iowa-slashed-in-north-carolina-running-amok-in-the-armed-forces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2024\/07\/18\/quick-takes-dei-in-academia-banned-in-iowa-slashed-in-north-carolina-running-amok-in-the-armed-forces\/","title":{"rendered":"Quick Takes \u2013 DEI In Academia: Banned In Iowa; Slashed In North Carolina; Running Amok In The Armed Forces"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Another &#8220;quick takes&#8221; on items where there is too little to say to make a complete article, but is still important enough to comment on.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The focus this time: Fighting wokeness in academia; wokeness fighting back against the military.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;First, a little mood music:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IYaRQKF0mpk?si=Cl-ox0ZDhnEvAKfW\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Carrying on\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3371\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Marx_Graduation.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Marx_Graduation.jpg 550w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Marx_Graduation-300x183.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Turns out that maybe paying for useless bureaucrats who spread <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/university-of-north-carolina-board-slashes-dei-funding-diverts-money-to-campus-police\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">division, exclusion, and inequality<\/a> isn\u2019t the best use of funds\u2026<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe Board of Trustees for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on Monday slashed funding for diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives in next year\u2019s budget, diverting the money to public safety and policing instead.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe measure, which the board unanimously approved, redirects $2.3 million of diversity funding to campus security, possibly precipitating the collapse of the office of diversity and inclusion. The vote, reported by the local Fox8 station, comes amid disruptive anti-Israel protests that have roiled UNC and other college campuses in recent weeks. The board passed the measure after it first cleared the budget committee.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cBudget committee vice-chair Marty Kotis said law enforcement needs more investment to counteract the demonstrations disrupting the functioning and stability of the school.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5371\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/eag_line.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"37\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/eag_line.gif 500w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/eag_line-300x22.gif 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><!--more-->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Iowa is joining in <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/yF1Vk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">banning funds<\/a> for <em>overt<\/em> DEI programs.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cIowa governor Kim Reynolds, a Republican, signed into law an education-funding bill with anti-DEI provisions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe state\u2019s Board of Regents, which oversees the Universities of Iowa and Northern Iowa as well as Iowa State University, had already adopted a broad diversity, equity and inclusion ban in November.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cBut the regents\u2019 action didn\u2019t go far enough for Republicans in the Iowa General Assembly.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cOn April 9, they introduced Senate File 2435 as an education-funding bill. Then they added their own anti-DEI restrictions, sailed the bill through both chambers and passed it along to Governor Reynolds the day before the end of this year\u2019s legislative session.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe legislation bans public institutions from having DEI offices and from hiring or assigning anyone \u2018to perform duties\u2019 of a DEI office.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5371\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/eag_line.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"37\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/eag_line.gif 500w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/eag_line-300x22.gif 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/bulletin-board\/asu-study-vast-dei-bureaucracy-hurting-u-s-armed-forces\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">armed forces<\/a>, though, aren\u2019t as lucky\u2026<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cA new Arizona State University study suggests that Diversity, Equity and Inclusion efforts in the United States military are ineffective.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe study done by the university\u2019s Center for American Institutions argued that there is a emphasis on training new soldiers about social issues like \u2018unconscious bias\u2019 and \u2018intersectionality\u2019 in a way the center says runs contrary to typical American ideals. The study examined DEI plan\u2019s in different sector of the military, including DEI office staffing and education at academies like West Point.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201c\u2018The massive DEI bureaucracy, its training and its pseudo-scientific assessments are at best distractions that absorb valuable time and resources,\u2019 the executive summary states. \u2018At worst they communicate the opposite of the military ethos: e.g. that individual demographic differences come before team and mission.\u2019<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cDonald Critchlow, director of the center, wrote in the introduction it was focused on looking at the influence of Critical Race Theory in the United States Armed Forces training.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201c\u2018The Commission on Civic Education in the Military began as a project to review civic education in the military. Our research team did not expect to find Critical Race Theory so embedded and pervasive. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion programs are found throughout the U.S. Armed Forces and our service academies,\u2019 Critchlow wrote. \u2018This year long study documents just how pervasive these training programs are in our Armed Forces and Service Academies and that DEI extends well beyond just formal training programs in the military and service academies.\u2019<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201c\u2018The Founders of our nation understood and feared a politicized military. History had shown them that a politicized army easily became the tool of tyranny. The Armed Forces of the United States has proudly upheld this long tradition of separating mission from politics,\u2019 he continued.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cIn terms of recommendations, the study suggests that DEI offices be completely scrapped, but said it may be politically unlikely for the time being.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;TTFN.<\/p>\n<p><meta name=\"twitter:card\" align=\"center\" content=\"summary\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@PoliticHatBlog\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ThePoliticalHat\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"DEI In Academia: Banned In Iowa; Slashed In North Carolina; Running Amok In The Armed Forces\"\/><meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"The focus this time: Fighting wokeness in academia; wokeness fighting back against the military.\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Marx_Graduation.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Another &#8220;quick takes&#8221; on items where there is too little to say to make a complete article, but is still important enough to comment on. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The focus this time: Fighting wokeness in academia; wokeness fighting back against the military. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;First, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2024\/07\/18\/quick-takes-dei-in-academia-banned-in-iowa-slashed-in-north-carolina-running-amok-in-the-armed-forces\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3371,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,17,29],"tags":[33,25,48],"class_list":["post-20901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","category-progressives","category-war-terror","tag-gop","tag-higher-ed","tag-social-justice"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20901"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20901\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20902,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20901\/revisions\/20902"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}