ORLANDO, Fla. —The University of Central Florida has removed anti-racism statements from several academic department websites, prompting renewed concern by some that a new law championed by Gov. Ron DeSantis is leading to censorship at the university.
UCF’s decision to take down the statements came less than a week after the English department briefly “suspended” its version, claiming it now violated state law. The university later said department did so without “direction” from school leaders, who did not think the statements conflicted with any laws.
But university leaders apparently decided to wipe the statement from the English department’s web page this week. Similar statements also were removed from the web pages for at least a handful of other departments, including anthropology, philosophy and physics.
