Diversity, equity and inclusion programs were abolished Tuesday from Walt Disney World’s governing district, now controlled by appointees of Gov. Ron DeSantis, in an echo of the Florida governor’s agenda which has championed curtailing such programs in higher education and elsewhere.

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        11 months ago

        he’s a corpsicle? seem he’d have a higher chance of survival as an animated cartoon

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      DeSantis found the one Black person willing to put up with his endless string of crap.

      Glenton Gilzean, the district’s new administrator who is African American and a former head of the Central Florida Urban League, called such initiatives “illegal and simply un-American." Gilzean has been a fellow or member at two conservative institutions, the James Madison Institute and the American Enterprise Institute Leadership Network, as well as a DeSantis appointee to the Florida Commission on Ethics.

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    I mean how much longer until the Republican party just comes out and states that racism is one of their offical platforms?

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    More pandering from a fool. As if this will impact how Disney operates. This guy has no clue what he is doing, ten xing down on a losing strategy. So much for Harvard and Yale, he should get a refund.

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    Yes because surely antagonizing the company that employs the most of your constituents by quite a large margin can only end well.

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      They’re the single largest employer. They don’t employ most of his constituents.

      That said, Florida relies on tourism to keep the state budget afloat. Disney is a big part of that.