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Undercover journalists caught a University of North Alabama official admitting they circumvent the DEI ban by changing labels.
She says "NOTHING'S CHANGED.. it just might not be called the same thing."
She says "when you search up 'DEI,' you're not going to find anything."
She says conservatives oppose DEI because "they want to make themselves feel good as white men in a room and don't want to have to feel uncomfortable in spaces where people are talking about diversity."
A journalist then CONFRONTS the administrator and she immediately shuts down.
The journalist continues to confront the administrator, but she refuses to comment.
The administrator was at @north_alabama.
@north_alabama The @north_alabama administrator was the associate director of the "Mitchell-West Center for Social Inclusion and the Center for Women's Studies."
She says, "Nothing's changed.. It just might not be called the same thing."
A journalist then CONFRONTS her about it.
I have the video.
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"We just have had to [find] TRICKIER more niche ways to do that."
She says "NOTHING'S CHANGED.. it just might not be called the same thing."
University of North Alabama (@north_alabama).
She says "when you search up 'DEI,' you're not going to find anything."
But it might be called "multicultural opportunities" or "something along those lines."
She says conservatives oppose DEI because "they want to make themselves feel good as white men in a room and don't want to have to feel uncomfortable in spaces where people are talking about diversity."
A journalist then CONFRONTS the administrator and she immediately shuts down.
"I'm sorry, I can't comment on anything."
He then reveals to her that he has the undercover footage.
The journalist continues to confront the administrator, but she refuses to comment.
"I'm sorry, I can't comment on anything."
The administrator was at @north_alabama.

