Florida Budget Prevents Tax Dollars From Funding DEI

The Sunshine State just took another major step toward eliminating DEI.

Florida lawmakers approved a budget Monday that takes major steps to prevent taxpayer dollars from subsidizing diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.

Legislation implementing the budget includes a provision ensuring state funds are spent in accordance with principles of individual freedom. 

These include items such as the principle that no person should be discriminated against on the basis of their race, that no person is inherently racist or sexist (whether consciously or unconsciously), and that a person should not be instructed to feel guilt for actions committed by members of the same race.

These statements are antithetical to the DEI ideology, which posits that racial discrimination is often necessary to achieve equity, equalize outcomes, and remediate past wrongs.

Additionally, the budget includes language enabling Governor Ron DeSantis to investigate local governments for spending state dollars on DEI programs.

Ensuring taxpayer dollars aren’t bankrolling discriminatory and divisive ideologies is important to ensure the integrity of publicly-funded medical education.

And it’s all the more important in Florida; as Do No Harm revealed through leaked audio recordings Dr. Haywood Brown, a former official and professor at the University of South Florida, delivered his advice on how to skirt the state’s anti-DEI laws at a Virginia Commonwealth University medical school grand rounds session.

It’s simple: taxpayers should not be forced to subsidize initiatives and programs that foment division and encourage racial discrimination.