DeSantis signs Florida law banning local DEI funding, says white men are 'disfavored'
Source: AP
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) White men have been discriminated against through diversity, equity and inclusion programs, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Wednesday after signing legislation which prohibits counties and cities from funding or promoting DEI initiatives.
The Republican governor defined DEI at a news conference as an ideological construct that is designed to promote a particular political agenda, particularly to the detriment of disfavored groups.
The disfavored groups, No. 1, obviously, would be white males, and I think theyve been discriminated against," DeSantis said in Jacksonville. "And its its like a lot of people are, Oh thats fine. Thats fine. No, its not fine. Its wrong.
While the governor is entitled to his opinion, his views differ from everyone else's, said Evelyn Foxx, president of the NAACP branch in Gainesville.
Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/desantis-signs-florida-law-banning-204733162.html
Not really unless that you're talking about the stereotypical Florida man.
Ocelot II
(130,885 posts)they think their privilege entitles them to. Of course that has to stop.
buzzycrumbhunger
(2,038 posts)Fingers crossed we dont get another fascist arsehole in the governors office. *sigh*
wolfie001
(7,836 posts)Is this from The Onion?
BaronChocula
(4,648 posts)won two presidential elections after decades of fraud, lying, settlements, bankruptcies, business losses, and 34 felony counts?
Yeah. White guys in America can't catch a break!
Vinca
(54,166 posts)to get anywhere in life. I think back a few decades to when I was the first woman on a police force. I guess I should have been more understanding when I ended up in an altercation with a woman I was trying to arrest and the poor, white, male officers just stood there and watched what was later described around the station as a "cat fight." Then there was the wage issue before I went to the police academy and was still at my IBM Selectric in the pink ghetto typing reports. Barely above minimum wage. The suffering of white men brings a person to tears.
ProudMNDemocrat
(20,966 posts)That just leaves the white men.
littlemissmartypants
(34,081 posts)Am I missing something?
Torchlight
(6,941 posts)Interpreting his Obvious Dog Whistle, "White men are facing negative consequences for engaging in and bragging about systemic discrimination" isn't quite the strong point he thinks it is... but he does score points with his base.
CurtEastPoint
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Initech
(108,982 posts)The Grand Illuminist
(2,050 posts)That is the main problem.
chouchou
(3,209 posts)Of course, he was in Jacksonville. (Jacksonville is akin to Hogsville Georgia.)