The Michigan Public University claims the school holds “employeurs responsible” for “equitable access,” but didn’t say whether it is required.
Companies looking to hire through Wayne State University are asked to sign a” Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Pledge”.
But the pledge’s need not to differentiate against “LGBTQ+ kids” drew criticism from a traditional Catholic party.
” We encourage our company partners to perfect this pledge, which commits your company to defend the variety, equity, and inclusion criteria of Wayne State University. Diversification is a key value at Wayne State University”, the Detroit community college state.
The school stated that diversity “enriches everyone” and that exposing individuals to different experiences “teaches them how to take others boldly and how to work with people from different backgrounds in a collaborative manner.”
Because of this, the university promises to “hold” “employers responsible for promoting equitable entry” for its students, “including our Black, Hispanic/LatinX, Indigenous, Students of Color, people, LGBTQ+ students, students with disabilities, and global students”.
Companies who have made this vow are listed by the school. In response to telephone calls and emails that were sent to its media group over the past year and a half, it did not respond to comments.
No one responded to a concept that a worker sent to The College Fix via telephone on January 3 asking for a different message.
The Fix inquired about whether the commitment is required and if there are any issues with religious freedom because some organizations may reject transgender and homosexuality.
The commitment is dangerous, according to the president of the Catholic Lepanto Institute.
He claimed that “faithful” Catholic and Protestant employers “hold and profess that God created two sexes ( male and female ), that the sexes are pleasant for the transmission of children, and that it is against nature to attempt to change the sexes either physically or medically, or to indicate that queer relationships are typical or even great.”
Hichborn claims that signing the university’s DEI pledge requires an employer partner who practices these religious practices is” an explicit form of religious discrimination.”
The sad irony is that Wayne University’s commitment to “inclusion” is actively and willfully exclusive of all those whose religious beliefs forbid them from supporting – in any way – sexual deviancy, according to Hichborn.
Hichborn said in addition, that “over the course of the last year, Americans have clearly rejected the forced inclusion of LGBTQ+ ideologies”.
The DEI pledge is being implemented in real time, and employers working with Wayne State University may want to reconsider their position or face the same loss of business as Budweiser, Target, and Disney, he said.
The DEI pledge was also criticized by the communications director of the National Association of Scholars, a group dedicated to higher education reform.
There is no place in the world where an ostensibly neutral institution should encourage businesses to sign on to political pledges, according to Chance Layton in an email to The Fix.
Because DEI supports the Democratic Party’s political agenda, he claimed, “it threatens academic freedom and intellectual diversity on campus.
According to Layton, the pledge “pigeonholes companies to keep up good graces with an institution providing a pool of potential new employees,” and it uses companies ‘ need for employees against them.
The university explains to employers how important the pledge is.
Wayne State says,” by signing the DEI pledge, you demonstrate to the WSU community that your company is committed to standing against racism, racial bias, injustice, and inequality”.
The university is” committed to working with employers who support anti-racism, diversity, equity, and inclusion for all students,” according to the career services ‘ diversity and inclusion page, which also mentions an Employers Hiring Responsibility Statement.
Additionally, the career services ‘ diversity and inclusion page provides specific resources for” job seekers from historically underrepresented and/or disadvantaged backgrounds”
The College Fix contacted a number of employers to inquire about signing the pledge before becoming a partner, but none of them responded to emails in the last week and a half.
When asked if they wanted to sign the DEI pledge, The Fix filled out a brief sign-up form on the website, but chose “no.” No further information has been received.
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