West Virginia University became the latest college to shutter its Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) office, as a wave of state and federal leaders urged an end to what critics call a paradigm of reverse-discrimination.
As of Monday, the Morgantown school’s DEI division webpage was still active, advertising an “interactive social justice experience” called the “Tunnel of Awareness” later this month.
It also invited students to take an “Implicit Bias Test,” take part in a “Yappy Hour” with therapy dogs, and join WVU Vice President Meshea Poore in discussions on how to “live, learn and work together with care and respect for each other” on campus.
The Mountaineers’ DEI office will be replaced with an ADA and Title IX-centric Division of Campus Engagement and Compliance.
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The closure of the department came pursuant to GOP Gov. Patrick Morrisey’s executive order declaring DEI practices to be in conflict with the Mountain State and U.S. Constitutions.
“No [entity] under authority of the governor or … receiving state funds shall utilize …resources [to DEI positions, activities procedures or mandatory training],” part of the order read.
The Republican governor’s order preceded President Donald Trump’s similar federal order by a few days, as the latter’s inauguration fell one week later.
Morrisey said the “woke virus” needs to be “eradicated” in schools and that he is “a believer… that God looks at us [and] the rule of law looks at us as equals.”
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“We don’t want special preferences unlawfully benefiting one group of another race, color, age, ethnicity. We have to make sure that we’re taking steps to treat everyone the same under the law.”
Morrisey thanked WVU for taking the necessary steps to close its DEI office, remarking that too often there is public pressure to “do the wrong thing.”
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