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Alabama Legislature passes legislation banning state funding of DEI, limiting teaching of ‘divisive concepts’
Alabama’s Republican-led Legislature passed a new measure to ban state funding of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs at public universities, local boards of education and government agencies.
The legislation limits teaching “divisive concepts” about race and gender and prohibits transgender students from using the bathroom that aligns with their gender identity at public universities and colleges.
Under the legislation, “divisive concepts” are defined as assigning “fault, blame or bias” to any race, religion, gender or nationality.
The bill adds that concepts such as teaching that a person is “inherently responsible for actions committed in the past” or that a person should “accept, acknowledge, affirm or assent to a sense of guilt, complicity or a need to apologize” based on their race, religion, gender or background are also divisive.
But the bill clarifies that DEI programs and discussions are allowed on campuses, so long as state funds are not used for these events.
The passage of the bill brought out tensions between Democrats and Republicans.
While Republican state Rep. Ed Oliver, a lead sponsor of the bill, condemned DEI initiatives for trying “to deepen divisions, set up race-exclusionary programs and indoctrinate students into a far-left political ideology,” Democrats across the state have questioned the constitutionality of such limitations and raised concerns about the impact on Black students, staff and faculty.
Randall Woodfin, mayor of Birmingham, went as far as to post on Facebook last month urging Black students to look for universities outside the state where “diversity and inclusion are prioritized.”
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