Florida Disney World District Ends All, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Programs. On August 1, diversity, equity and inclusion programs were banned from Walt Disney World's governing district.
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NBC reports that the news echoes Governor Ron DeSantis's agenda, which looks to curtail such programs in higher education and elsewhere.
In a statement, the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District said that it would also be eliminating its diversity, equity and inclusion committee.
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Appointees chosen by DeSantis took control of the renamed Disney district, formerly known as the Reedy Creek Improvement District, earlier in 2023.
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The group also said that it would end any remaining initiatives from when the district was under the control of Disney supporters.
Our district will no longer participate in any attempt to divide us by race or advance the notion that we are not created equal, Glenton Gilzean, Central Florida Tourism Oversight District administrator, via NBC.
As the former head of the Central Florida Urban League, a civil rights organization, I can say definitively that our community thrives only when we work together despite our differences, Glenton Gilzean, Central Florida Tourism Oversight District administrator, via NBC.
Last year, DeSantis signed into law new legislation that blocks public schools from using state or federal funding on diversity programs. NBC reports that DeSantis has also pushed the state's so-called "Stop WOKE" law, which prevents business, colleges and schools from teaching certain racial theories.
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NBC reports that DeSantis has also pushed the state's so-called "Stop WOKE" law, which prevents business, colleges and schools from teaching certain racial theories.
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In November, a federal judge barred enforcement of the law, calling it "positively dystopian."
