Stephen C. O’Connell would be so proud.
As a Florida Supreme Court Justice he prevented Blacks from enrolling at the University of Florida. And after the U.S. Supreme Court finally ordered UF to segregate, then-UF President O’Connell didn’t hesitate to arrest dissenting Black students who had the temerity to sit down in his office.
The Great DeSanitizer and his sock puppet in Tigert Hall have done what O’Connell could only dream of doing: Ensure that SCO’s beloved university will once again be a safe and comfortable environment…for White people.
The Great DeSanitizer says DEI doesn’t really stand for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.
No, it stands for “Discrimination, Exclusion and Indoctrination.”
That’s utter rubbish. And Sasse knows it. But that’s the party line and he’s sticking to it.
This from a university that can’t even manage to crack 7 percent in Black enrollment.
Sasse is living the O’Connell dream: A harkening back to the good old days when freshmen wore beanies and frat boys and sorority girls decked themselves out in Confederate garb and hoop skirts to attend “Plantation Balls.”
All in the name of bowing to the Great DeSanitizer’s dictate that to even mutter words like “diversity,” “equity,” and “inclusion” is akin to high treason in his Free State Of Florida.
It is noteworthy that the most spirited dissent on campus came from Student Government leaders who insist that “Diversity, equity and inclusion is not toxic,” and who urged students to “speak your mind and stand with us in this fight.”
Nor is it surprising that one of UF’s most celebrated football legends, Emmitt Smith, would say he’s “disgusted” by UF’s purging of DEI staff.
If O’Connell had had his way, Smith could never have walked through UF’s gate, let alone become a Gator gridiron hero.
“To the MANY, minority athletes at UF, please be aware and vocal about the decision by the University who is now closing the doors on other minorities without any oversight,” Smith posted on X. “And to those who think it’s not your problem and stay on the side lines and say nothing, you are complicit in supporting systemic issues.”
For nearly half a century I have been a proud citizen of the Gator Nation. But no more. I am embarrassed and ashamed to be a UF grad.
My conscience will no longer allow me to support or associate myself with an institution that has taken such a hard Orwellian turn.
War is not peace. Freedom is not slavery. Ignorance is not strength.
So let’s call UF’s abolition of DEI what it is: A return to the good old days before “those people” managed to elbow their way onto O’Connell’s beloved campus.
Stephen C. O’Connell would be so proud.
FreeGNV 
Segregate needs to be integrate. Good one Ron.
As a Florida Supreme Court Justice he prevented Blacks from enrolling at the University of Florida. And after the U.S. Supreme Court finally ordered UF to segregate, then-UF President O’Connell didn’t hesitate to arrest dissenting Black students who had the temerity to sit down in his office.