BREAKING: Undercover journalists caught an administrator at UNC bragging about pushing DEI despite it being banned.
She says staff just "FINESSE" the language.
They do "work that is COVERT."
The university provost RAN AWAY when confronted.
I have the video.
Buckle up 👇🧵
She says staff just "FINESSE" the language.
They do "work that is COVERT."
The university provost RAN AWAY when confronted.
I have the video.
Buckle up 👇🧵
The University of North Carolina - Charlotte administrator is Janique Sanders.
She is their assistant director of leadership and community engagement.
She is their assistant director of leadership and community engagement.
The administrator whispers and jokes about how she isn't supposed to say that DEI is still happening at the university.
She says "We've renamed, we've reorganized, we've recalibrated so to speak."
She says "We've renamed, we've reorganized, we've recalibrated so to speak."
"Because language changes, right? But the people who have to be in the presence of and in the space don't change."
"We don't have to call them 'diverse groups of people.' We can just say 'everybody has different stocks of knowledge.'"
"We don't have to call them 'diverse groups of people.' We can just say 'everybody has different stocks of knowledge.'"
The administrator says "the word of the year is 'FINESSE.'"
"There are certain things that I can't say. And I haven't said them this whole time. I'm pretty good at learning how to be PC."
"There are certain things that I can't say. And I haven't said them this whole time. I'm pretty good at learning how to be PC."
"I could care less about whatever you want to call my office."
She says explicit "DEI positions" don't exist, but that there are ways to do "work that is covert."
The undercover journalist confronts the university provost, Jennifer Troyer.
She immediately runs away.
She immediately runs away.
Undercover journalist Adam Guillette asks the provost if she thinks this information would bother the Board of Regents.
She keeps scurrying away.
She keeps scurrying away.
Undercover journalist: "What do you say to the taxpayers who don't want DEI at their publicly funded universities?"
No response. Runs away.
No response. Runs away.
The undercover journalists are at Accuracy in Media.
Follow them at @AccuracyInMedia:
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The University of North Carolina Charlotte administrator caught on video is Janique Sanders.
Her LinkedIn says she uses She/Her pronouns and she is "dedicated to advancing equity."
Her LinkedIn says she uses She/Her pronouns and she is "dedicated to advancing equity."
The university provost is Jennifer Troyer.
Watch the full undercover video by @AccuracyInMedia here:
What is your response, @unccharlotte?
@unccharlotte Why did you run away, @jtroyer55? What is your response?
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