California State University\u2019s 23 campuses require nearly all students to complete at least one DEI or \u201ccultural competency\u201d course to graduate. A review by Do No Harm found that these mandatory classes\u2014often framed around systemic oppression, intersectionality, and critical race theory\u2014stand in sharp contrast to the University of California system\u2019s recent rollback of DEI mandates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Course titles illustrate the ideological focus: San Francisco State offers \u201cQueer Crip Lit,\u201d which examines literature through ableism, racism, and transphobia, and \u201cDecolonize Your Diet,\u201d which links food justice to gendered labor and racism in communities of color. Humboldt State requires two DEI courses, including \u201cDecolonizing Public Health.\u201d Cal State East Bay explicitly teaches white supremacy and intersectionality, while Northridge allows DEI classes to replace foreign-language requirements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Critics, led by Do No Harm\u2019s Laura Morgan, call out the mandates as taxpayer-funded indoctrination that turns students into activists rather than scholars. Cal State\u2019s own style guide discourages terms like \u201cmale\/female\u201d and \u201cprehistoric\u201d to avoid offending certain groups, and even basic courses such as oral communication now include \u201crhetorical sensitivity\u201d to equity and inclusion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A separate state law already requires an ethnic studies course, yet most campuses layer additional DEI requirements on top. Sacramento State\u2019s president recently spoke of wanting to \u201celiminate whiteness\u201d in campus practices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
California State University\u2019s 23 campuses require nearly all students to complete at least one DEI or \u201ccultural competency\u201d course to graduate. A review by Do No Harm found that these mandatory classes\u2014often framed around systemic oppression, intersectionality, and critical race theory\u2014stand in sharp contrast to the University of California system\u2019s recent rollback of DEI mandates. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":593,"featured_media":269015,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"mc4wp_mailchimp_campaign":[],"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"format":"standard"},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[804,511,805],"tags":[29552,4861,7186],"class_list":["post-269009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking-news","category-culture","category-foreground","tag-dei","tag-gender-ideology","tag-lgbt-ideology"],"yoast_head":"\n