'DEI' is 'God': Voices that oppose diversity, equity, inclusion agenda should be silenced, says Dem Oklahoma state representative

During a recorded Appropriations and Budget meeting on Thursday, Democrat Oklahoma state Rep. Regina Goodwin referred to the diversity, equity, and inclusion agenda as "God" and called for voices opposed to those initiatives to be silenced.

Goodwin's comments were in response to HB 2077, an education transparency bill introduced by Republican Rep. Chad Caldwell.
 

Caldwell's legislation would require the Oklahoma Department of Education to allow parents to review their schools' curriculum on an "online transparency portal." He referred to the proposed bills as a "simple middle-of-the-road common-sense solution" that would address parents' education concerns.