Sanford: Republican assault on DEI exacts harsh toll at U of M
Tiger statue on the University of Memphis main campus. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
Otis Sanford
Otis Sanford is a political columnist, author and professor emeritus in Journalism and Strategic Media at the University of Memphis.
Brittany Hart did not mince words.
Like countless other current and former University of Memphis students, Hart was stunned by the unceremonious closing of the university’s Office of Multicultural Affairs. Worse, she and a legion of others, including me, are angry about the forced departure of Associate Dean Linda G. Hall, the longtime director of the Multicultural Affairs office.
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