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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(136,476 posts)
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 12:30 PM 4 hrs ago

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 they’ve been discriminated against," DeSantis said in Jacksonville. "And it’s it’s like a lot of people are, ‘Oh that’s fine. That’s fine.’ No, it’s not fine. It’s 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.
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DeSantis signs Florida law banning local DEI funding, says white men are 'disfavored' (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 4 hrs ago OP
In other words, mediocre white men aren't always getting the jobs and promotions Ocelot II 4 hrs ago #1
Gods, I'm glad he's on his way out. buzzycrumbhunger 4 hrs ago #2
Poor, poor white guys wolfie001 4 hrs ago #3
Like the white man who BaronChocula 3 hrs ago #4
Pass me the Kleenex. The poor, poor white men. Through the centuries they've always had to struggle Vinca 3 hrs ago #5
In other words, Ronnie D, OVER-QUALIFIED POC or Women need NOT apply. ProudMNDemocrat 3 hrs ago #6
To me, disfavored translates into can't get laid. ... littlemissmartypants 3 hrs ago #7
Equality can seem a step down when looking from above. Torchlight 3 hrs ago #8
Actually he meant to say that WHITE BOOTS are disfavored. CurtEastPoint 3 hrs ago #9
Ay, pobrecito! JoseBalow 2 hrs ago #10
Can we please fire this racist piece of shit already? Initech 1 hr ago #11
We allow these things to happen. The Grand Illuminist 1 hr ago #12
Actually, DeSantis is Trump reality 2. chouchou 59 min ago #13

Ocelot II

(130,885 posts)
1. In other words, mediocre white men aren't always getting the jobs and promotions
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 12:33 PM
4 hrs ago

they think their privilege entitles them to. Of course that has to stop.

buzzycrumbhunger

(2,038 posts)
2. Gods, I'm glad he's on his way out.
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 12:37 PM
4 hrs ago

Fingers crossed we don’t get another fascist arsehole in the governor’s office. *sigh*

BaronChocula

(4,648 posts)
4. Like the white man who
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 12:43 PM
3 hrs ago

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)
5. Pass me the Kleenex. The poor, poor white men. Through the centuries they've always had to struggle
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 12:50 PM
3 hrs ago

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)
6. In other words, Ronnie D, OVER-QUALIFIED POC or Women need NOT apply.
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 12:54 PM
3 hrs ago

That just leaves the white men.

Torchlight

(6,941 posts)
8. Equality can seem a step down when looking from above.
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 01:35 PM
3 hrs ago

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.

chouchou

(3,209 posts)
13. Actually, DeSantis is Trump reality 2.
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 03:43 PM
59 min ago

Of course, he was in Jacksonville. (Jacksonville is akin to Hogsville Georgia.)

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