The University of Virginia was supposed to have dismantled its diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives by now. Two weeks ago, amid accusations that the university had simply renamed many of the DEI offices but not closed them, the U.S. Department of Education asked it to present proof of compliance by May 30.
But one must wonder if its offering of segregated graduations this coming week, as reported by the Jefferson Council via X, belies the university’s insistence that it is working on compliance.
I will assume that we can all recall Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous words, “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.”
King came to UVA in 1963 and told the students: “If democracy is to live, segregation must die.” But that’s…
