Sarah Green, the Kansas National Committeewoman for CRA and a University of Kansas student, sparred with a Democrat legislator following a controversial state committee hearing on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). The seemingly amicable interaction, organized by the Kansas Higher Education Budget Committee, escalated weeks after she fearlessly spoke out against discriminatory DEI initiatives.
The opportunity for Green to express her concerns arose on January 31st when Committee Chairman Rep. Steve Howe invited her to speak on the subject. Republicans asked several inquisitory questions during Green’s testimony while Democrats remained almost completely silent.
Green started her testimony to a Kansas house committee with a declaration of support for a state bill that exerted unprecedented pressure on the leftist-controlled colleges and universities that operated under the Kansas Board of Regents. The bill would ban the use of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion mandates in hiring and admissions in many of the state’s largest schools - a relief to the competent thousands who the left saw as unprivileged and, by extension, less deserving of a college education.
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