Donors flee from 'very disturbed' university in Oklahoma amid radical DEI agenda: 'Better named DIE'

[Leroy N. Soetoro]

https://www.foxnews.com/media/donors-flee-from-very-disturbed-university-
in-oklahoma-amid-radical-dei-agenda-better-named-die

University of Oklahoma donors have ceased their payments to the
institution citing far-left biases and agendas, according to multiple
contributors who spoke with Fox News Digital.

"I'm not happy with where they're headed," a neurosurgeon named
Christopher Boxell said about the university's medical school. "The
diversity, equity and inclusion [agenda] I think is better named DIE for
DEI because I think that's what's going to happen because of it."

The university medical school created a "diversity alliance" to ensure
equity was incorporated at every level and aspect of the institution.

"We all should be looking at his best qualified. I don't care which race
they're from. If they're best qualified, that's who should be there," he
said. "Do you want that person who is at the top of the class or do you
want the person at the bottom of the class? A lot of [patients] don't ever
ask those questions. They say, well, they graduated medical school,
they're a doctor."

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Dr. Boxell was concerned that the medical school at the university has
strayed from picking the best and brightest to incorporating woke agenda
into its recruitment and how that would impact patient care down the line.

"I was really very disturbed," the doctor, who said he donated about
$250,000 to Oklahoma University and its medical school, added.

Dr. Boxell also took issue with the university using its funds for a drag
queen event, a sentiment shared by another donor who spoke with Fox News.
The university paid $18,000 to host its annual drag show, which a GOP
lawmaker said showed a "perverted agenda."

Other examples of the DEI agenda included professors hosting a workshop in
which they discussed promoting "anti-racism" and rooting out "problematic"
ideas.

A former donor named Mo Anderson delivered a letter to the president –
Joseph Harroz Jr. – in 2021, obtained by Fox News Digital, accusing the
institution of promoting Marxism.

"OU has embedded a Marxist-derived worldview in its colleges via so-called
'diversity, equity, and inclusion' (DEI) programs that foster racial and
social division. OU’s DEI efforts produce the opposite of diversity and
inclusion. Mainstream Oklahomans know they will now be labeled
'privileged' individuals regardless of life circumstances, meaning OU is
not a welcoming place for all students."

"As a proud Oklahoman, I cannot support the deliberate destruction of our
state’s future. I will not donate to OU’s academic efforts any longer,"
the letter continued.

A former donor named Susan Bergen said that its far-left curricula
affected teachers who were trained in its programs. "We were 35 years
donating," and averaging $50,000 a year, she said.

"They train the teachers for the state of Oklahoma. So we count on them to
put out quality teachers. And what they're doing is sending a lot of woke
people that believe somehow White people are bad and wrong."

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In 2020, the university launched a mandatory course called "managing bias"
which addressed racial identities, power and privilege, according to the
announcement.

"I think that everybody ought to be treated with respect and that we ought
to spread love and kindness," said John Brock, who says he donated about
$2 million to the university over the years. Brock served in the U.S. Army
Artillery in Korea from 1953 to 1955 and began his career in the oil
business with Shell Oil Company in 1955. Thereafter, he became a
successful leader in the petroleum industry.

"And they have a requirement that you go to a three-hour class to
graduate… that teaches people that if you're a White person, you're guilty
of racism, even though you don't think so."

As a result of this course, which was implemented in 2020, he is no longer
donating to the institution.

"And they teach people that no matter how hard they work and White people
are going to keep them down. I don't think any of those things are true,
in my opinion," he said.

"You know, I think they call it wokeness. That's the whole problem. In the
first place they don't want people to think [for themselves] anyhow. So I
think [even if] the course was not harmful, which I think it is. I think
it was not necessary," he added. "I think that we need to treat people
equally and treat everybody with respect, spread kindness and love, reject
hate and resentment and practice forgiveness."

The president of the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, Jonathan Small
said, "Students, parents and taxpayers deserve better than the continued
advance of destructive far-left ideologies constantly advanced and
facilitated by the employed leadership at OU."

"The continuance of this behavior is just confirmation that only one thing
will cause the destructive behavior to stop, which is for both donors and
lawmakers to completely withdraw funding until OU’s employed leadership
gets the message and changes course," Small continued.

The university did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

AsleepAtTheWheel
12 May, 2023

We need more of this. Use the power of our money to stop this ideology in
large corporations and in universities. Just like Bud Light, we have the
power to make a difference. Let’s continue to flex that power.

IronmanAtl
12 May, 2023

You’re exactly right. The conservative legislature in Oklahoma could stop
this within a week. A law prohibiting DEI, CRT, and other controversial
programs would stop it. Eliminating funding by the legislature also stops
it cold. If university officials aren’t paid, and funding pulled, I would
think that would address the issue quickly.


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