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2024-03-21 Home Front: Politix

Arizona State University professor sues school over DEI training: 'simply racism'

[FOXNEWS] A longtime professor at Arizona State University (ASU) sued the university on Tuesday over a mandatory diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) course for faculty, arguing it violates state law.

Owen Anderson, a professor of philosophy, religious studies and theology at ASU, is suing the school with the help of the conservative nonprofit the Goldwater Institute, claiming it is in violation of a two-year-old state law that forbids public agencies from requiring employees to engage in training that presents any form of "blame or judgment on the basis of race, ethnicity or sex."

Anderson could face discipline from his superiors for refusing to participate in the DEI training, according to a blurb from the Goldwater Institute. The complaint alleges the training discriminates by "compelling the speech of public employees by requiring faculty and staff to take an examination following a training that presents forms of blame or judgment on the basis of race, ethnicity or sex, and answer with Arizona State University’s ’correct’ answers, in violation of the Arizona Constitution."

"I shouldn’t be forced to take training and affirm ideas with which I disagree as a condition of employment,’" Owen said in the blurb. "This ’training’ is simply racism under the guise of DEI. It goes against my conscience, and I want no part of it."

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