Investigation: California’s Claremont Institute Leads Anti-D.E.I. Movement

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🗓️ 9 February 2024

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Last year, more than 20 states considered or approved legislation to limit or ban diversity, equity and inclusion programs in higher education. These efforts, supported by a network of activists, political groups and Republican operatives, are centered at the Claremont Institute, a conservative California-based think tank with ties to the Trump movement. New York Times investigative reporter Nicholas Confessore gained access to thousands of documents and emails shedding light on the national anti-D.E.I. campaign orchestrated by the Claremont Institute’s leaders. We’ll hear what he learned… Guests: Nicholas Confessore, political and investigative reporter, New York Times Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:19.5	Coming up on forum, the crusade against diversity, equity, and inclusion, or DEI, may not have gained traction in California,
1:26.6	but it's a California-based think tank,
1:28.8	the Claremont Institute, that's at the center of an effort to dismantle DEI programs on
1:33.8	college campuses elsewhere. And it's gaining steam. Legislation to ban or limit DEI in higher
1:39.7	education has been introduced in more than 20 states in the last couple of years, with several approving them.
1:45.9	New York Times investigative reporter Nicholas Confessori gained access to thousands of documents and emails,
1:51.8	shedding light on, quote, the playbook and the thinking behind the Claremont Institute's national anti-D-EI campaign.
1:58.2	We'll hear what he learned after this news.
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