“My father was a slave, just to a white man and he was white,” Kentucky Rep Jennifer Decker said when someone in the crowd asked about her family’s role in the slave trade.
Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast/HandoutA Kentucky state representative has sparked outrage and ridicule after trying to rewrite the past during Black History Month by saying that her father—a white man born in the 1930s—was a slave.Rep. Jennifer Decker attempted to redefine the meaning of American chattel slavery while claiming that diversity and equity programs are unnecessary because her father was able to rise up from his alleged humble beginnings.On Feb. 1, Decker, a 68-year-old white
Kentucky Republican demonstrates the need for DEI programs boingboing.net - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from boingboing.net Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Diversity, equity and inclusion bill to eliminate “discriminatory concepts” endorsed on Kentucky’s public college campuses was approved by KY Senate Tuesday
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FRANKFORT – (TNS) A bill prohibiting certain diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives at Kentucky’s public colleges and universities that promote “discriminatory concepts” having to do with racism, sexism and white
Members of the Eastern Kentucky University (EKU) community gained insight into Kentucky’s legislative session during the annual Colonels at the Capitol event held on Jan. 24, 2024. EKU’s board of
Diversity, equity and inclusion bill to rein in proliferation of “discriminatory concepts” on Kentucky’s public college campuses passed out of a Senate committee Thursday