GAINESVILLE, Fla.—College students left their classes on Feb. 23 to oppose Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s actions against left-wing ideological education.
DeSantis promised to remove all funding from school programs that teach Critical Race Theory (CRT) and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI).
The governor added he wanted to remove ideological loyalty oaths as hiring qualifications and shift hiring authorities to university presidents.
“Our institutions will be graduating students with degrees that will actually be useful,” DeSantis said. “We will be eliminating all DEI and CRT bureaucracies in Florida. It will wither on the vine.”
About 100 students at the University of Florida gather at the Marston Science Library on the campus in Gainesville, Fla., on Feb. 23, 2023, as part of a planned “walkout” to protest against Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’s efforts to curb Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs in public universities and colleges around the state. (Nanette Holt/The Epoch Times)
At the University of Florida, the protests were small but passionate. Across the state, overall turnout was paltry….