Strict Utah law cut DEI from colleges. Affected students say they no longer feel valued

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

63% : For Taylor White, a recent graduate with a degree in psychology, connecting with fellow Black students through BSU events was, "honestly, the biggest relief of my life.
57% : The new way of doing things Last fall, the new Center for Community and Cultural Engagement hosted a fall event around the time of National Coming Out Day in October, with a screening of "Paris Is Burning," a film about transgender women and drag queens in New York City in the 1980s.
48% : A new Utah law banning diversity, equity and inclusion programming at public colleges took effect July 1, eliminating the Black Student Union's $11,000 in university funding, shutting down its gathering center and taking away staff support for an organization that for more than 50 years has been helping Black students succeed in college.
47% : Utah's law prohibits public universities, K-12 schools and government offices "from engaging in discriminatory practices" based on a person's race, color, ethnicity, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, religion or gender identity.
46% : "I feel as though me living in this Black body automatically makes myself and my existence here political, I feel like it makes my existence here debatable and questioned," Parker said.
44% : Utah is among at least 15 states with DEI bans in schools and higher education institutions.
42% : Violators risk losing state funding.
40% : When it comes to speech, "an institution may not take, express, or assert a position or opinion" on anti-racism, bias, critical race theory, implicit bias, intersectionality, prohibited discriminatory practices, racial privilege," the law states.
39% : As President Trump sets out to ban DEI efforts across the federal government and in schools, colleges and businesses, Utah's law and its impact at the University of Utah offer a case study on what a college campus looks like without race- and gender-based campus programs.
38% : "We can't talk about critical race theory, bias, implicit bias.

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