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Indigenous author cancels speech at Weber State after receiving list of banned DEI words.

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Hit: Speak No Evil With all the nonsensical laws to codify ideology over good sense, the pushback is heartening. Take the war on diversity, equity and inclusion, which has morphed into an attack on communist thinking. Earlier this year, the Utah Board of Education rejected a resolution to “comply” with President Donald Trump’s executive order to do away with DEI.

Of course, the state still has a law that bans DEI, possibly because of fear of losing federal funding.

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