EDMOND, Okla. (KOKH) — The University of Central Oklahoma says it is complying with Oklahoma’s law restricting state-funded diversity, equity and inclusion programs after an undercover video released by a conservative activist group alleged an employee’s job was “illegal.”
Accuracy in Media, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit that describes its work as “citizen activism and undercover journalism,” published the video earlier this month. The group’s operative posed as a former DEI official from another state and spoke with UCO Coordinator of Student Engagement Shatima Bennett.
In the edited video, Bennett said, “Technically my whole job is illegal if you really want to be honest,” while discussing the impact of Oklahoma’s new anti-DEI law…