Kangaroo Name Game: UMKC Dumps 'Woke' DEI Programs?!?

Not really . . .

The city college is just forced to switch up the title . . . The punchline is that none of it will help city college grads find a job. 

Check-it . . .

In the wake of the Trump administration’s mission to rid what it has called “woke” diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs or initiatives from federally funded agencies and schools, the MoCA name was drained of its color.

In February, the “Men of Color Academy” was quietly changed to the “Men of Character Academy,” an alteration that is drawing mixed reactions from students on campus.

Some condemn the change. Others expressed weary acceptance that, in the light of anti-DEI rulings from the federal government, Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe and the U.S. Supreme Court, schools and organizations are doing what they must — including changing names — not only to follow the law, but also to maintain federal and state dollars, survive and continue their missions.

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UMKC scrubs race out of 'Men of Color' program amid Trump's dismantling of DEI