‘This Is Nuts’: State University Of New York Forces Students To Take DEISJ Course Or Not Graduate

All incoming freshmen will be required to take a New York University course that is focused on the environment. “Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Social Justice” — or they won’t graduate.

The DEISJ course has been mandated by the SUNY Board of Trustees for all freshmen, starting in the fall of 2023.

“This is nuts,” Professor Nicholas Giordano of SUNY’s Suffolk Community College, told The New York Post. “SUNY is one of the best university systems in the country. Why are they doing this? DEISJ is a cultural movement, not based on academics. Unfortunately, SUNY responded to the mob.”

Giordano stated that the DEISJ coursework views United States as “inherently racist,” While “creating groups and pitting them against each other.” He said that the curriculum is designed to help students. “defined by the color of their skin.”

“This is a woke, left-wing agenda,” Chairman Jerry Kassar of the Conservative Party of New York echoed his sentiments. “It’s disturbing. It’s dangerous. They’re treating everybody as having prejudice. It’s like a socialist, Communist state. It’s unbelievable. These ideas are best addressed at home.”

Under the guidance of the University Faculty Senate, and the Faculty Council of Community Colleges to Campuses, the University Faculty Senate encourages the teaching of this course to include perspectives from outside America. Writing, “One can imagine how theory and criticism rooted outside the United States could help guide faculty and students in addressing and thinking about diversity, equity, inclusion, and social justice in the United States.”

But SUNY Chancellor John King countered, “Exposure to, and understanding of, diversity is essential to success in our modern society and economy. As a leader in preparing the future workforce and citizenry, SUNY is committed to embedding diversity into the foundation of all it does – from academics to campus life and everything in between.”

“By recognizing and celebrating our diversity and fostering respectful dialogue and debate, SUNY provides students with the world-class education they deserve,” He concluded.

In September 2021, the New York State Board of Regents insistent, “Every New York school district will develop and adopt a diversity, equity, and inclusion education policy. … It is the expectation of the NYS Board of Regents that the Department, schools, and districts will implement DEI policies and practices with urgency and fidelity.”

“The Board of Regents will discuss a framework on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for New York State Schools which will serve as the basis for adopting a policy statement,” They were also added. “With this framework, the Board is ready to address the long history of racism and bigotry, and the corrosive impact they have had on every facet of American life.”