The end of D.E.I?

[ripvanwinkle]

Is this the end of D.E.I? I found this cruising the net.

www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/florida-board-of-education-bans-dei-on-college-campuses-removes-sociology-core-course/ar-AA1n99QH?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=8c6b5f6a0f964946b411fab9057ace3a&ei=149

As of this January, 49 bills targeting DEI have been introduced in 23 states, according to a Chronicle of Higher Education tracker. Seven of those bills have been signed into law.

The regulation prohibits institutions from spending funds on DEI and from advocating for DEI, which is specifically defined as “any program, campus activity, or policy that classified individuals on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin, gender identity, or sexual orientation and promotes differential or preferential treatment of individuals on the basis of such classification,” according to the rule.

And also this - thepostmillennial.com/breaking-oregons-clackamas-county-officially-dismantles-equity-diversity-and-inclusion-office

My feelings are mixed on this.

[djAdvocate]

why would you want to discourage diversity training and education?

[happyhoix]

Anti woke.

I was reading some posts on an article reviewing the new season of True Detective, complaining that it had become ‘woke.’ I guess because it focuses (at least the first episode did) on a murdered indigenous woman. The same posters were whining that Fargo was now ruined because it had also become ‘woke.’ (I guess because the most recent season of it was about domestic violence towards women?)

Apparently some part of the population only wants to see and hear only about white male life, anything that strays from that is woke.

[Tennesseer]

This issue below fits in with this thread:

Court upholds block on Texas law requiring school book vendors to provide sexual content ratings

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — An order blocking the enforcement of a Texas law requiring vendors to evaluate and rate the sexual content of books they sell, or have sold, to schools has been upheld by a federal appeals court.

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans said opponents of the law are likely to win their legal challenge of the law, which was aimed at keeping material deemed “sexually explicit” off school library shelves.

Backers of the law, signed last year by Gov. Greg Abbott, have said it is designed to protect children from inappropriate sexual material. The law’s opponents said it could result in bans on literary classics such as “Romeo and Juliet” and “Of Mice and Men” in schools.

Opponents also said the law places too heavy a burden on book sellers to rate thousands of titles already sold and new ones published every year.

The law requires vendors to give all library material a rating of “sexually explicit,” “sexually relevant” or “no rating.”

A book would be rated “sexually explicit” if the material is deemed offensive and not part of the required curriculum. Those books would be removed from school bookshelves.

A three-judge panel of the 5th Circuit sided with book sellers who said the law violated their First Amendment rights against compelled speech. The panel rejected state arguments that the law merely requires factual information, like a nutritional label on food items.

Rest of article here: Court upholds block on Texas law requiring school book vendors to provide sexual content ratings

[NomoreDramaQ1015]

Well that might backfire and get kids to read more. Which would be a good thing.

Cause I know as a teen I was instantly attracted to anything that had the newly minted parental advisory sticker on it because I wanted to know why it upset the adults so bad.

I can't imagine anything being more tempting to a horny teen boy than something with "sexually explicit" stamped all over it.🤣

[Tennesseer]

Jan 19, 2024 9:47:37 GMT -5 NomoreDramaQ1015 said:

Well that might backfire and get kids to read more. Which would be a good thing.

Cause I know as a teen I was instantly attracted to anything that had the newly minted parental advisory sticker on it because I wanted to know why it upset the adults so bad.

I can't imagine anything being more tempting to a horny teen boy than something with "sexually explicit" stamped all over it.🤣

Valley Of The Dolls, published in 1966, ended up under the bed mattress. Racy!

[happyhoix]

Jan 19, 2024 10:15:09 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

Jan 19, 2024 9:47:37 GMT -5 NomoreDramaQ1015 said:

Well that might backfire and get kids to read more. Which would be a good thing.

Cause I know as a teen I was instantly attracted to anything that had the newly minted parental advisory sticker on it because I wanted to know why it upset the adults so bad.

I can't imagine anything being more tempting to a horny teen boy than something with "sexually explicit" stamped all over it.🤣

Valley Of The Dolls, published in 1966, ended up under the bed mattress. Racy!

What was that book by the stewardess that had sex literally everywhere?

It got passed around my friend group. By the time I got it, someone had very kindly underlined all the juicy parts so I didn’t have to bother to read the fluff.

[pulmonarymd]

Fear of Flying

[NomoreDramaQ1015]

My grandma read Gone with the Wind at school. It was quite scandalous at the time.

She took the dust jacket of another book and covered it up so the nuns wouldn't know.

Smart. I still have the book minus either dust cover.

[dondubble]

My mom stole Candy out of my desk drawer. I was maybe 14. After that I started leaving her notes.😎

[djAdvocate]

we reached the high water mark on Censorship some time ago.

it used to be part of polite conversation to discuss Naked Lunch by Burroughs, and to address serious, pressing, and lurid cultural issues on TV.

FIFTY YEARS AGO

[djAdvocate]

clearly, the Orange Jesus community never cared for that.....

[dondubble]

Jan 19, 2024 16:57:34 GMT -5 djAdvocate said:

clearly, the Orange Jesus community never cared for that.....

Too squirmy.

[Knee Deep in Water Chloe]

I know we like to mock rip, but this actually is an issue where I live. 

[happyhoix]

Jan 19, 2024 16:57:34 GMT -5 djAdvocate said:

clearly, the Orange Jesus community never cared for that.....

Sorry, I know this is rude and disrespectful to the office, but I saw this and now I have to say it. 

Pumpkin Tits. 

Pumpkin Tits Jesus.