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Alabama sends bill banning college DEI programs, training to governor's desk

Mar 19, 2024 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    -4% Center

  • Reliability

    65% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    2% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    -56% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : What would the bill do?"Divisive concepts" bills first emerged after a 2020 Executive Order from former President Donald Trump, which targeted diversity trainings in government institutions and took aim at critical race theory, a 50-year-old legal concept typically taught in law school classes.
51% : "They want to bring back Jim Crow," Sean Atchison, a University of Alabama senior, said at a recent rally in Montgomery.
44% : The bill, SB129, authored by Sen. Will Barfoot, R-Pike Road, asks for sweeping changes or cancellations to state agencies and public colleges that currently fund DEI offices and programming.
43% : It also would prohibit higher education institutions from allowing individuals to use a restroom that is different from their sex as assigned at birth.

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