Tabia Lee – An Ex-DEI Director Speaks Out
Dec 15, 2023•53 min
Episode description
0:00 Tabia’s early career as a teacher
5:40 Tabia’s “rough ride” as a DEI director
17:06 The antisemitism problem at De Anza
25:25 The inescapable BIPOC binary
28:52 From disagreement to deplatforming
35:30 Why Tabia found support among students but not faculty
39:00 How attempts to silence Tabia backfired
40:54 Tabia’s broad vision of diversity
47:46 Learning from the medical professionals of Galilee
Recorded November 27, 2023
Links and Readings
Tabia’s New York Post piece, “I was a DEI director — DEI drives campus antisemitism”
Tabia’s Compact piece, “A Black DEI Director Canceled by DEI”
Foundation Against Intolerance and Racism
Coalition for Empowered Education
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