Wisconsin
Related: About this forumSpeaker Robin Vos says he's 'embarrassed' to be a UW alumnus because of campus diversity programs
LA CROSSE Wisconsin's top state legislative Republican continued his attacks on diversity, equity and inclusion efforts at the state's public universities, calling the programming "the single most important issue" and claiming he was embarrassed to be a University of Wisconsin System alumnus because of it.
"This is probably to me the single most important issue that we are facing as a people, as a nation and as, really, humanity," Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said in remarks Saturday at the state Republican Party convention.
Vos, of Rochester, relabeled the DEI acronym "division, exclusion and indoctrination" and suggested the UW System, and in particular UW-Madison, the state's flagship university, puts an outsized emphasis on diversity efforts, which he sees as a waste of taxpayer money and source of racial division.
In his remarks during a panel discussion Saturday, he contended he received correspondence from at least one professor who detailed a situation in which her performance was measured by diversity, equity and inclusion goals. "The overt racism, the overt exclusion, the overt indoctrination is so deep inside the UW System, I am embarrassed to be an alumni.," said Vos, who graduated from UW-Whitewater in 1991. "We have got to fix that.
https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2023/06/18/vos-says-hes-embarrassed-to-be-a-uw-alumnus-because-of-dei-programs/70333597007/
Hey Robin, most of Wisconsin is deeply embarrassed to have you as an elected official.
RandySF
(60,204 posts)Captain Zero
(6,895 posts)Just stay home.
rzemanfl
(29,589 posts)just sayin'.
LakeArenal
(28,909 posts)UW-lite.
BoomaofBandM
(1,780 posts)Not all programs were offered at Madison. I have 3 siblings that went to Madison, 4 of us to different schools in the UW system. One of my sisters went to Whitewater. We are proud of each other for what we have accomplished in life.
rzemanfl
(29,589 posts)Wisconsin was so much nicer years ago. Florida too, when I moved here. The Republicans ruined everything.
You had six siblings and they all went to college? That is impressive.
alterfurz
(2,477 posts)...dba WI-GOP Alpha-Chipmunk "Rabid Robin"
yourout
(7,538 posts)AllyCat
(16,293 posts)SouthernDem4ever
(6,617 posts)They don't even try to cover it up anymore since Dump has made it so fashionable.
milestogo
(16,829 posts)fargone
(116 posts)the campus he trashes the most. I got my degree there in the 70s and I am very proud of it and my time there.
milestogo
(16,829 posts)yourout
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