Comments for UNC Board of Governors moves to strike down DEI in UNC system | Eastern NC Now

The expected standard fare - The racial response rather than an argument based in truth.

In the hierarchy of leftist values truth is ranked well below other values, such as the Marxist values of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. This does not mean you can't find individuals taking liberties with truth-telling all along the political spectrum, right to left. It does mean that truth-telling is not high on the far-left's list of values. There are examples galore of this phenomenon. At the top of this list is political correctness.

Thanks to the commenter from the Left for providing the example to back up my concerns about the DEI situation in our educational institutions. No thanks to the proposition of inserting this racist nightmare into the lives of our young ones.

Commented: Sunday, April 21st, 2024 @ 1:33 pm By: Van Zant

Wow. I'm not seeing all those scary monsters Bob sees everywhere. The threat I do see is the DEI bureaucracy stoking the coals of division in our society. It would be a shame to allow Marxist notions to destroy all the gains we have made. It would be a shame to allow dishonest notions to poison the psyche of our young people and deliberate untruths to undermine our children's ability to reason effectively.

I don't believe inclusion occurs by using exclusion. I don't believe crying about certain aspects of ancient history is productive for the present. I don't believe constant groveling and apology tours for things I have nothing to do with directed toward people who have only lived in the 20th or 21st century makes me look like anything but an idiot. I do not believe giving my freedoms away to those craving power over me makes my family safer.

I do believe in treating people like I want to be treated. I have the power to do that. I also have the power to stand against systems of thought that have historically led mankind to destruction. It is my duty to do that for the next generation.

Commented: Saturday, April 20th, 2024 @ 9:16 pm By: Van Zant

DEI is designed for one thing, and that is creating divisions in our society that the far left can exploit politically. Everything else is only window dressing.

The only person I see on these boards trying to rewrite history is Bigot Bob. Most of the illegal alien invaders pouring into the US are military age males, not women and children, and most of the discussion I have seen involves focusing on other deterrants instead of shooting them. As I recall, the incidents involving border guards in other countries having to use their gun to defend their borders did not involve anyone getting killed.

Why can't you see people as individuals, Bobbie, instead of always having to characterize everything by race? These is a word for those who see race behind every bush and under every rock, and that word is "racist".

Commented: Saturday, April 20th, 2024 @ 7:20 pm By: Rino Hunter

BB identity: I don't know who you are addressing. If it is me, I can't imagine what makes you legitimately arrive at such a conclusion. Simply and broadly put, a position of unity rather than division is not a position excluding anyone.

Commented: Saturday, April 20th, 2024 @ 8:46 am By: Van Zant

Why is excluding non-whites so important to you?

Commented: Saturday, April 20th, 2024 @ 12:37 am By: Big Bob

In the News and Observer this morning:
Here’s a look at today’s headlines and news updates.
A committee of the UNC System Board of Governors made its first move to potentially eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion efforts at the state’s 16 public universities. While the full 24-member board needs to vote on the policy before it takes effect, there are many questions about what it would mean for diversity and job cuts. If passed, the UNC System would follow in the footsteps of other institutions around the country that are ending or reducing DEI efforts.

Commented: Friday, April 19th, 2024 @ 9:02 am By: Buzz Cayton