diversity

The new program will focus on access, belonging and inclusion for everyone while “emphasizing broader definitions of diversity."

In 2019, the county began its effort to ensure its employees, policies and programs promote diversity and inclusion. Five years later, the program is in flux as commissioners cut a key DEI position from the budget.

The University of Kansas informed students this month that it's consolidating several diversity-related organizations into one new Student Engagement Center. Opponents say the move is an unnecessary reaction to political pressure.

The episode illustrates an ongoing debate over lessons about racism and discrimination in Kansas schools. Critics say schools’ efforts to promote diversity can breed white guilt and accelerate racial conflict.

Junetta Everett says her hero is Rosa Parks, whose refusal to give up her seat on a segregated city bus in Montgomery, Alabama, helped spark the civil…