WATCH: Staff at top university reveal scheme to continue DEI under 'changed' names
This story is part of Fox News Digital’s investigative series Campus Radicals. Get the full series here.FIRST ON FOX: Multiple staffers at the University of Virginia were documented on video...
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This story is part of Fox News Digital’s investigative series Campus Radicals. Get the full series here. FIRST ON FOX: Multiple staffers at the University of Virginia were documented on video openly explaining their efforts to continue pushing diversity, Equity, and Inclusion programs at the school by simply rebranding them to avoid scrutiny or a potential loss of federal funds. " We had to change the names of some of our programs and stuff, like we had Queer Brunch, we can't call it Queer Brunch anymore, you gotta call it Cozy Brunch, so we changed the name to that, like, we had a program in the Latinx Student Center called Comida Comunidad, it's like community and friends, and we had to change the name of that to just food and community now," Davon Lewis, program coordinator multicultural student services, explained in a video obtained by Fox News Digital. "So like, we're doing the same stuff, but like changing the names a little bit, so like it doesn't and bring scrutiny on the office and stuff like that." TOP MEDICAL SCHOOL MOVED DEI OFFICE TO SECRET LOCATION AS IT TRIES TO 'EVADE ACCOUNTABILITY': LEGAL GROUP Universities across the country have been facing pressure to rein in DEI initiatives after the Trump administration began its push to rid DEI from the federal government, military, and education system arguing it promotes discrimination and favoring instead a system based on meritocracy. Fox News Digital has reported on several examples in states like Utah , Iowa , and North Carolina where universities appear to be doubling down on DEI and simply rebranding it. "We just have to do a lot more, like we have to market differently to multiple outlets," Lewis explained. "It's a whole lot that goes into it, but we're doin' the same work. " DOZENS OF PARENTS RIGHTS GROUPS CALL FOR 50 STATE AUDIT TO RID K-12 SCHOOLS OF DEI: 'CLEAN UP THE MESS' When asked if the implementation of DEI at UVA is just a matter of changing the name to stay out of trouble, Lewis respond…