My concern is that they will just change the name and continue the indoctrination. For example my son's school changed the name of the DEI department to "Welcome and Belonging"! Just like global warming became climate change......
There's some of that, for sure. But we are making it harder, squeezing the vice, and following up with further restrictions. Step by step, we will win.
I wonder if there is a constitutional means to add a clause that states:
“If any person is transferred from a position or department that formerly included the words “Diversity, “Equity,” or “Inclusion” as of Dec 31, 2023, then they are considered in violation of this law.” This will force the institution to fire them rather than give them a different job title so they can continue the same work.
Marxism continually mutates from one form to another. Woke Marxism is already mutating into other forms. It will continue to do so until more people are able to recognize Marxism and identify it in current events. Once enough people realize they are being manipulation by a totalitarian ideology, it will lose its power over us. Self-education and public education about communism are key.
All types of Marxism are defined by their oppressor vs. oppressed worldview. What is Marxism? "In a word, oppressors and oppressed," said Karl Marx in "The Communist Manifesto."
The branding pivot, like CRT "Critical Race Theory" was rebranded to SEL "Social Emotional Learning". Watch Canada's Red Shadow" to see how, now they are removing references in the curricula, so parents cannot see it, but only teaching and funding SEL, so Reading, Writing and Arithmetic have no funding or time. UNESCO is at work creating obedient global citizens.
I would happily open my home to any Newcomer who followed the law, went through the process and achieved their (legal) goal of an authorized work permit or citizenship. In fact, I have already done so. Criminals who game the system and come here illegally? Not so much...
What I fear is the old liberal whack-a-mole game. These radical DEI agents usually turn up somewhere else looking to infect. They go from business to gov’t to ngo’s to academia via revolving doors. It’s not enough to fire them, their entire shadow networks need to be destroyed. These left wing radicals have little natural support outside their bubbles. Just like the COVID authoritarians, every name needs to be exposed so no matter what space they occupy, they have zero, ZERO credibility. Fine them, bar them, arrest them, sue them, shine the light on them so they couldn’t get a job as a Walmart greeter.
One victory is where conservatives usually scream ‘we won’ and stop. What Chris and others are doing is not the ‘be all to end all’ but rather a great first step.
Yes, a great first step. But too many in the conservative political class still don't fully get it. "Question: how did the GOP come to preside over a half-century-long erosion of so much that conservatives hold dear? The answer - the elephant (or more accurately the Leviathan) in the room - is that power gained at the ballot box is no match against the permanently entrenched power of a ‘progressive’ elite that has been drawn - for three or more highly impressionable college years - through a kind of intellectual sheep dip." https://grahamcunningham.substack.com/p/invasion-of-the-virtue-signallers
It amazes me they still race bait after the mandatory jabs - many of them inflicted on black people who couldn't afford to lose a job.
The whole left-wing deal is to gin up race hate. Not just to turn out the vote, but to make it impossible for sane people to campaign in heavily black areas. If blacks hated libs as much as they should, libs wouldn't be able to campaign there, either.
Chris, I genuinely appreciate your efforts and know that we have to celebrate the small wins, the inches of ground re-taken, if we're going to continue to remain optimistic towards total victory. But evil is going to evil, and without gutting the people, the titles won't matter. At UCF, they hired "Dr. Andrea Guzman as the new VP for DEI in June of 2021" and all of a sudden it became "Dr. Andrea Guzman as the VP for Access and Community Engagement" in July of 2021. At USF, they are trying to integrate DEI/Critical Theory even into science majors disguised as something else. Vigilance - continuing to grow the army - is key, but the Governor/legislature here is going to have to find a way to pull up the roots and the "we, the people" will have to help.
I hope this spreads. At the university where I teach in Michigan the college I am in has said all departments must have a DEI professional development plan. This is in my view only to justify the role of another bureaucratic role in the deans office charged vaguely with DEI responsibilities who must now justify that position. But faculty are autonomous and intelligent and should pick their own form of PD based on self determined need and interest. Also, “DEI” is but one view of diversity, and a toxic and Marxist one. I’ve written a 6-page position paper opposing this and have encouraged a state conservative think tank to look into this mandate. I’ll drop my paper when the moment is right. Given the political climate in Michigan it may be hard to overturn DEI as in Florida, but my hope is that if I speak out it will shake others out of groupthink or fear.
Are you calling it Marxism because of trying to level the playing field? Enslaved for 300 years,Jim Crow for 100 years, does the oppressor have any responsibility after 400 years to the oppressed or do we just ignore all that history?
The takeaway: "the movement to restore colorblind equality can succeed only if we reform civil rights law to reinstate its original focus on individual rights under the law, without regard to race—and dramatically reduce the footprint of critical race ideologies in public universities."
And it's about time. Kendi and DiAngelo have been very destructive.
Grifters gonna grift. No one would listen if so many "educated" liberals made it to "adulthood" without being able to identify competence, productive activity, or rational thought.
Feelings as a replacement for rationality is how we got here. Unless that's dealt with, this insanity will just morph into something else.
Florida’s legislation is a magnificent tribute to Christopher Rufo’s efforts. By working closely with Ron DeSantis and the Florida legislatures Rufo was able to make a huge inroad to the defeat of DEI. As for the corporations, many have realized how financially destructive DEI is, especially in the waning financial markets of our country’s continuing, escalating recession.
Merit first and all else will follow. The low hanging fruit will dry up and fall off (the gravy train). SO sick of this BS indoctrination and the cultures pushing it, commie grift on mostly white middle class taxpayers.
Does anyone remember the Satanic-daycare panic of the late 80's? The McMaster's preschool case? DEI is starting to look like the same phenomenon.
However, it's important that we not just undo the programs but shame the people involved in them. They haven't given up the ideology; they're still postmodern freaks who should never be allowed to hold positions of power again. If you've spent the last 20 years as a DEI bureaucrat, you're next job should be janitor or burger flipper. Not as punishment, but because 1) you've demonstrated that you're dangerous, and 2) you need to relearn everything about what it means to work and function in the real world.
Anyone in a position to hire any employees, act accordingly.
“While the recent firings of DEI employees are a salutary development, the movement to restore colorblind equality can succeed only if we reform civil rights law to reinstate its original focus on individual rights under the law, without regard to race—and dramatically reduce the footprint of critical race ideologies in public universities.” Yes!
Merit must be restored in all aspects of life. Nothing will succeed until merit is used for everything and affirmative action is completely eliminated. College admission, jobs, education, everything. And so what if it's called racist. Ignore that and restore merit anyway! Civilization depends on it.
Chris, the guys at the forefront of ESG resistance are the State Financial Officers Foundation - https://sfof.com I can make an introduction if you like.
I was in the industry when socially conscious investing emerged innocuously enough. First, it was exclusion of sin stocks, then it was putting women in the board room, then it was protecting the environment (not including CO2), then it included corporate governance which eventually included racial and gender diversity policy. Of course, none of the company ratings nor any of the constructed indices make any sense from either a corporate or investment or any other standpoint of success.
When Blackrock and CEO Larry Fink eschewed ESG recently it was a good sign. His annual letter to CEOs pushed ESG and Blackrock owns a third of all stock. However, they may just replace ESG with another name.
Dude, you're embarrassing yourself. Everyone one this site already knows who Chris is. You need to go pedal that stuff with numbskulls who watch The View. You're wasting your time here.
OK, I looked. I'm not convinced. I've watched Chris identify and strike at the heart of the Socialist/Marxist/DEI/WEF program. I don't buy the idea that a guy who's dealing mortal blows to the beast is actually the beast's secret friend. With enough friends like Chris, the beast is dead.
I recently pitched a project to Chris and he didn't reply at all. He's a busy guy, the project wasn't interesting, he's focused elsewhere, who knows. But I'm not running around trashing the guy. I feel no hostility to him at all; quite the opposite. We're on the same side and he's doing great work.
There are plenty of bad guys in this world. I think you should spend your time attacking them.
More great work from Christopher Rufo! This is a step in the right direction, definitely. But the war is far from over! DEI, CRT, and anything that resembles racism in any form needs to be obliterated….for good! It’s not the start of the race, but the end that determines the victory! Chris, you got this brother!!
My concern is that they will just change the name and continue the indoctrination. For example my son's school changed the name of the DEI department to "Welcome and Belonging"! Just like global warming became climate change......
There's some of that, for sure. But we are making it harder, squeezing the vice, and following up with further restrictions. Step by step, we will win.
I wonder if there is a constitutional means to add a clause that states:
“If any person is transferred from a position or department that formerly included the words “Diversity, “Equity,” or “Inclusion” as of Dec 31, 2023, then they are considered in violation of this law.” This will force the institution to fire them rather than give them a different job title so they can continue the same work.
Don't forget Social Emotional Learning (SEL). Chris Rufo is on it.
Marxism continually mutates from one form to another. Woke Marxism is already mutating into other forms. It will continue to do so until more people are able to recognize Marxism and identify it in current events. Once enough people realize they are being manipulation by a totalitarian ideology, it will lose its power over us. Self-education and public education about communism are key.
The churning rebranding of Collectivism agendas.
All types of Marxism are defined by their oppressor vs. oppressed worldview. What is Marxism? "In a word, oppressors and oppressed," said Karl Marx in "The Communist Manifesto."
Defined the program explicitly so it cannot be renamed.
They then drop it off of the books but teach it anyway. Treacherous.
The branding pivot, like CRT "Critical Race Theory" was rebranded to SEL "Social Emotional Learning". Watch Canada's Red Shadow" to see how, now they are removing references in the curricula, so parents cannot see it, but only teaching and funding SEL, so Reading, Writing and Arithmetic have no funding or time. UNESCO is at work creating obedient global citizens.
That is happening. The big change is that the bureaucracy is risk-averse, and banning DEI now makes DEI the risky position.
What is needed is a faculty, student, staff pipeline to independent journalism to expose the DEI and force the university to deal with them.
And immigrants are now called newcomers, per the Biden admin.
Be a good comrade, and open your home to them!
I would happily open my home to any Newcomer who followed the law, went through the process and achieved their (legal) goal of an authorized work permit or citizenship. In fact, I have already done so. Criminals who game the system and come here illegally? Not so much...
What I fear is the old liberal whack-a-mole game. These radical DEI agents usually turn up somewhere else looking to infect. They go from business to gov’t to ngo’s to academia via revolving doors. It’s not enough to fire them, their entire shadow networks need to be destroyed. These left wing radicals have little natural support outside their bubbles. Just like the COVID authoritarians, every name needs to be exposed so no matter what space they occupy, they have zero, ZERO credibility. Fine them, bar them, arrest them, sue them, shine the light on them so they couldn’t get a job as a Walmart greeter.
One victory is where conservatives usually scream ‘we won’ and stop. What Chris and others are doing is not the ‘be all to end all’ but rather a great first step.
Yes, a great first step. But too many in the conservative political class still don't fully get it. "Question: how did the GOP come to preside over a half-century-long erosion of so much that conservatives hold dear? The answer - the elephant (or more accurately the Leviathan) in the room - is that power gained at the ballot box is no match against the permanently entrenched power of a ‘progressive’ elite that has been drawn - for three or more highly impressionable college years - through a kind of intellectual sheep dip." https://grahamcunningham.substack.com/p/invasion-of-the-virtue-signallers
It amazes me they still race bait after the mandatory jabs - many of them inflicted on black people who couldn't afford to lose a job.
The whole left-wing deal is to gin up race hate. Not just to turn out the vote, but to make it impossible for sane people to campaign in heavily black areas. If blacks hated libs as much as they should, libs wouldn't be able to campaign there, either.
Just sayin'
Good call
Chris, I genuinely appreciate your efforts and know that we have to celebrate the small wins, the inches of ground re-taken, if we're going to continue to remain optimistic towards total victory. But evil is going to evil, and without gutting the people, the titles won't matter. At UCF, they hired "Dr. Andrea Guzman as the new VP for DEI in June of 2021" and all of a sudden it became "Dr. Andrea Guzman as the VP for Access and Community Engagement" in July of 2021. At USF, they are trying to integrate DEI/Critical Theory even into science majors disguised as something else. Vigilance - continuing to grow the army - is key, but the Governor/legislature here is going to have to find a way to pull up the roots and the "we, the people" will have to help.
I hope this spreads. At the university where I teach in Michigan the college I am in has said all departments must have a DEI professional development plan. This is in my view only to justify the role of another bureaucratic role in the deans office charged vaguely with DEI responsibilities who must now justify that position. But faculty are autonomous and intelligent and should pick their own form of PD based on self determined need and interest. Also, “DEI” is but one view of diversity, and a toxic and Marxist one. I’ve written a 6-page position paper opposing this and have encouraged a state conservative think tank to look into this mandate. I’ll drop my paper when the moment is right. Given the political climate in Michigan it may be hard to overturn DEI as in Florida, but my hope is that if I speak out it will shake others out of groupthink or fear.
Excellent, Tim. Thanks for having both brains and backbone.
Thank you for your courage in speaking out.
Are you calling it Marxism because of trying to level the playing field? Enslaved for 300 years,Jim Crow for 100 years, does the oppressor have any responsibility after 400 years to the oppressed or do we just ignore all that history?
The takeaway: "the movement to restore colorblind equality can succeed only if we reform civil rights law to reinstate its original focus on individual rights under the law, without regard to race—and dramatically reduce the footprint of critical race ideologies in public universities."
And it's about time. Kendi and DiAngelo have been very destructive.
Grifters gonna grift. No one would listen if so many "educated" liberals made it to "adulthood" without being able to identify competence, productive activity, or rational thought.
Feelings as a replacement for rationality is how we got here. Unless that's dealt with, this insanity will just morph into something else.
How about a movement to tell the truth about George Floyd? And get the wrongly convicted cops out of jail.
Why off topic? He mentioned Floyd in the article.
Off topic, but I absolutely support that notion!
Yep. I would like to see a change of venue and fair trials which I suspect was not possible when they were convicted.
Not convinced that justice was served.
Florida’s legislation is a magnificent tribute to Christopher Rufo’s efforts. By working closely with Ron DeSantis and the Florida legislatures Rufo was able to make a huge inroad to the defeat of DEI. As for the corporations, many have realized how financially destructive DEI is, especially in the waning financial markets of our country’s continuing, escalating recession.
Merit first and all else will follow. The low hanging fruit will dry up and fall off (the gravy train). SO sick of this BS indoctrination and the cultures pushing it, commie grift on mostly white middle class taxpayers.
Merit is the only thing that will work. Civilization depends on it!
Does anyone remember the Satanic-daycare panic of the late 80's? The McMaster's preschool case? DEI is starting to look like the same phenomenon.
However, it's important that we not just undo the programs but shame the people involved in them. They haven't given up the ideology; they're still postmodern freaks who should never be allowed to hold positions of power again. If you've spent the last 20 years as a DEI bureaucrat, you're next job should be janitor or burger flipper. Not as punishment, but because 1) you've demonstrated that you're dangerous, and 2) you need to relearn everything about what it means to work and function in the real world.
Anyone in a position to hire any employees, act accordingly.
"If you've spent the last 20 years as a DEI bureaucrat, you're next job should be janitor or burger flipper." Yes!
Just a first step. Racial discrimination is illegal and must never be permitted.
“While the recent firings of DEI employees are a salutary development, the movement to restore colorblind equality can succeed only if we reform civil rights law to reinstate its original focus on individual rights under the law, without regard to race—and dramatically reduce the footprint of critical race ideologies in public universities.” Yes!
Merit must be restored in all aspects of life. Nothing will succeed until merit is used for everything and affirmative action is completely eliminated. College admission, jobs, education, everything. And so what if it's called racist. Ignore that and restore merit anyway! Civilization depends on it.
As long as merit also includes soft skills, virtue, character and other non-cognitive skills.
Rufo W. ESG next. Will blue states keep DIE alive?
Yeah, I have been meaning to do some work on ESG.
Chris, the guys at the forefront of ESG resistance are the State Financial Officers Foundation - https://sfof.com I can make an introduction if you like.
I was in the industry when socially conscious investing emerged innocuously enough. First, it was exclusion of sin stocks, then it was putting women in the board room, then it was protecting the environment (not including CO2), then it included corporate governance which eventually included racial and gender diversity policy. Of course, none of the company ratings nor any of the constructed indices make any sense from either a corporate or investment or any other standpoint of success.
When Blackrock and CEO Larry Fink eschewed ESG recently it was a good sign. His annual letter to CEOs pushed ESG and Blackrock owns a third of all stock. However, they may just replace ESG with another name.
What are you talking about? I do not have any reference for this.
Dude, you're embarrassing yourself. Everyone one this site already knows who Chris is. You need to go pedal that stuff with numbskulls who watch The View. You're wasting your time here.
OK, I looked. I'm not convinced. I've watched Chris identify and strike at the heart of the Socialist/Marxist/DEI/WEF program. I don't buy the idea that a guy who's dealing mortal blows to the beast is actually the beast's secret friend. With enough friends like Chris, the beast is dead.
I recently pitched a project to Chris and he didn't reply at all. He's a busy guy, the project wasn't interesting, he's focused elsewhere, who knows. But I'm not running around trashing the guy. I feel no hostility to him at all; quite the opposite. We're on the same side and he's doing great work.
There are plenty of bad guys in this world. I think you should spend your time attacking them.
I dont think its been stolen so much as the big beneficiaries have gotten their chunks and are on the escape chopper, pulling up the ladder…
There must be a misunderstanding. Chris is authentic and you seem to be as well.
That may not be the most productive path. Perhaps instead consider how to get more exposure of your evidence. Did you ask for his help? What happened?
Marc,
Give it up . Go to Robert Reich’s post and do some nonsense there where you belong.
Right like you morally superior.
You’re a real nutbar.
Why not check with America First Legal group, O'Keefe Media Group, or other outfits like that?
More great work from Christopher Rufo! This is a step in the right direction, definitely. But the war is far from over! DEI, CRT, and anything that resembles racism in any form needs to be obliterated….for good! It’s not the start of the race, but the end that determines the victory! Chris, you got this brother!!
Personnel make policy-when DEI personnel are terminated, the policies that they implemented should fall by the wayside as well
I watched an interview with the woman who was running the Gemini search process. What a piece of work!
I think that you would dig what David Ragsdale is doing with Replatform. Creating a parallel economy. There's a conference in Vegas this weekend.
Have you seen how Yum Brands move with Doritos.
Just seen your episode on the JRE pop up. I’ll be watching that after I finish the episode with Abigail Schriver