US EditionCivil Rights Office Pledges to 'Kill' DEI Initiatives in Govt, Business, Schools
GREENE COUNTY, TENNESSEE, JUL 23 – Tennessee universities rebrand DEI efforts as "access and engagement" to comply superficially with bans while preserving programs, according to undercover recordings of staffers.
- Undercover recordings obtained by Fox News in July 2025 reveal staffers at Vanderbilt University and the University of Tennessee admitting they rebranded their DEI programs to sidestep Republican-led bans.
- In February, the Department of Education directed universities to end DEI programs or face funding loss, followed by Tennessee's DEI ban and President Trump's January executive order targeting such initiatives.
- Recordings reveal programs were renamed under labels like `access and engagement` and `belonging and community`, with Will Eakin saying `It's a chess game`.
- U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles sent a letter to Secretary of Education Linda McMahon asking for an investigation into Belmont University’s rebranding of DEI as Hope, Unity and Belonging , calling it contempt for federal law and taxpayers.
- Subcommittee members must be submitted by July 31 with draft Equality Policy certifications due by Sept. 1, as this shell game spreads across red-state legislatures.
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Civil rights office pledges to 'kill' DEI initiatives in govt, business, schools
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