DeSantis wants diversity of 'thought' and 'life experience' rather than skin color

cross-posted from: https://exploding-heads.com/post/171395

“We [in Florida] have color blind admissions and that works very well,” he said. “If you finish in the top 10% of your class in high school, you can get into a Florida University and we’ll make sure you have a spot for that, but we’re not divvying up on the basis of race.”

Diversity is indeed important – but not diversity of skin color.

“Yes, they may generate diversity and skin color, but they tend to promote uniformity of thought,” he said. “What about diversity of life experience? Diversity of viewpoints on things?”

“And I think a lot of these organizations that go whole hog with DEI [diversity, equity and inclusion], they end up creating a conformity