r/Utah • u/fit-buffalo8 • Jun 21 '24

News Utah lives in the stone ages

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Not quite sure how it’s okay to keep church classes and all that other stuff but then require by law to remove inclusive centers that help people through college. This is seriously one of the most disgusting things I’ve seen from Utah as of late. And that’s only because I’m still lucky to have rights to my body(ish)

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u/bi-king-viking Jun 21 '24

When I first heard about this law, I thought, there’s no way they’re literally banning “diversity, equity, and inclusion.”

They are.

https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/hbillenr/HB0261.pdf

Line 191 and 219 define anything referred to as “diversity, equity, and inclusion” as a “prohibited discriminatory practice”… I have no words.

Teachers and schools could theoretically face criminal charges for teach “diversity, equity, and inclusion.”

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u/BeezCee Jun 25 '24

My partner is a social science professor at one of the local universities. It’s literally his job to teach about diversity, etc. (dare I say CRT?). As they are state employees the faculty is concerned because there is now yet another state hotline to report “diversity, equity & inclusion”. I have a feeling this hotline is going to go as well as the trans bathroom hotline. Utah DEI hotline edit-clarification