Watchdog Group Calls For Probe Into UNC Wilmington DEI Rebranding
- August 1, 2025
Staff, Off the Press
Watchdog group Protect the Public’s Trust on Thursday called on the federal government to investigate UNC Wilmington for allegedly rebranding their “Diversity, Equity and Inclusion” policies to hide their continuation.
“We write to you to alert you of an effort by officials within the University of North Carolina system to continue their practice of imposing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) on their students, despite perceived steps to end that practice,” the watchdog wrote to the U.S. Department of Education and Department of Justice in a letter obtained by Just the News.
Protect the Public’s Trust alleged that. in May 2024, the UNC Board of Governors voted to repeal its DEI policies, and to instead focus on equality.
“Several of these officials were recorded speaking about these efforts, where they describe rebranding DEI work, DEI jobs, and DEI spending in order to work around bans on DEI,” the group said. “DEI is inherently racially discriminatory and runs afoul of Title VI and Title IX of the Civil Rights Act.”