(PJ Media) Derrick Johnson, president and CEO of the NAACP, and Leon W. Russell, chair of the NAACP’s national board of directors, sent a letter to current and future student-athletes of the National Collegiate Athletic Association asking them to reconsider their decision to attend a college or university in Florida because the state banned funding for DEI to schools.
“This is not about politics,” reads the letter, which the duo sent Monday. “It’s about the protection of our community, the progression of our culture, and most of all, it’s about your education and your future.”
“This is not simply about sports,” the letter continued. “It’s about acknowledging and advocating for the rights and supports of Black students within educational environments.”
So that’s what DEI does? Could have fooled me.
“Diversity, equity, and inclusion are paramount to ensuring equitable and effective educational outcomes,” Johnson said in a statement accompanying the letter, which NBC News first reported. “The value Black and other college athletes bring to large universities is unmatched.”
And there you have it. DEI should never ensure equitable “outcomes” of any kind. If you’re going to have a DEI policy, it should work to ensure equal opportunity, not “equality of outcomes.”
Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) is exactly right, and the NAACP is horribly wrong.
DEI is toxic and has no place in our public universities.
I’m glad that Florida was the first state to eliminate DEI and I hope more states follow suit. https://t.co/oThvwowKu6
— Ron DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis) March 1, 2024
