PHOENIX — The Arizona Senate voted Thursday to slash all state funds to public universities and community colleges that offer courses on diversity, equity and inclusion.
Senate Bill 1694 spells out what its sponsor, Sen. David Farnsworth, considers to be offensive.
The measure, given preliminary approval on a voice vote, would forbid courses that include anything that relates to contemporary American society to things like whiteness, institutional racism, unconscious bias, gender identity, social justice, race-based reparations and gender-based inclusion. And that’s just a partial list of what’s the measure crafted by the Mesa Republican would not allow…