Tarrant County Republican Party Chair Bo French is expressing concern about the City of Fort Worth's reported allocation of funds towards diversity, equality, and inclusion initiatives, as well as the political affiliations of its employees.
“According to Federal Election Commission records, for the period covering January 1st to today, 88% of federal political contributions made by City of Fort Worth employees went to Democrats. If you live in Fort Worth, your tax dollars are paying for this, just as they are paying for showings of radical gender propaganda during City programs,” French recently posted on Facebook.
French asserted that Fort Worth’s Diversity & Inclusion Department spends over $1.6 million of taxpayer money annually. He also pointed out that the director of the department, Christina Brooks, previously worked for former Democratic presidential candidate and U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg during his tenure as mayor of South Bend, Indiana. She served as South Bend’s first DEI officer.
Advocating in support of DEI policies, professional DEI advocate Alice Korngold has argued that “racism and discrimination degrade humanity, society, and economies worldwide. Building a more inclusive society is a moral imperative and also presents a powerful opportunity to unleash the economic potential of vast human resources,” as reported in the Diplomatic Courier.
Fort Worth’s Diversity & Inclusion Department was formed following a 2018 Task Force on Race and Culture report which stated that the city needed to address its ethnic, racial, and gender disparities in various areas such as criminal justice, economic development, education, governance, health, housing, and transportation.
The department promotes programs such as Movies that Matter, “a free bi-monthly film series program of the City of Fort Worth’s Human Relations Commission that celebrates diversity and inclusion.”
Past movies promoted organized by the city include A Decent Home, which focuses on class envy and economic “inequity.” Upcoming movies include The Freedom to Marry, which covers how “same-sex marriage became law of the land.”
French highlighted how Fort Worth’s DEI director gets paid more than the governor of Texas.
“Her salary alone is $191,147 annually — more than [Gov. Greg Abbott], who makes $153,750 to govern the entire State!”
In another post regarding the Fort Worth DEI department, French criticized the assistant DEI director, Angela Rush, for working for the International Association of Official Human Rights Agencies (IAOHRA) as its treasurer.
The IAOHRA website values include the following:
“We believe that all individuals can help to achieve equality through struggle with their personal prejudices, by gaining knowledge and advocating for justice and equality for all.”
“We believe that an injustice to one is an injustice to all and embrace the ideology of unalienable human rights of all people.”
“To give you an idea, they had the infamous ‘Dr. Rachel (Richard) Levine’ speak at their conference. Sidenote — what is it with Fort Worth officials and Biden appointees? The organization’s 2023 annual conference also included Biden’s Senior Gender Policy Advisor and the Executive Director of ‘Trans Maryland’ (aptly named) which works very hard to transition children,” French wrote on Facebook.
Trans Maryland is “a multi-racial, multi-gender, trans-led group that works to build power in the community and is specifically focused on Maryland’s trans community. It is created by trans individuals, for trans individuals.”
As recently mentioned in The Dallas Express, the Diversity & Inclusion Department in Fort Worth initiated a Diversity Matters challenge to motivate employees to participate in at least five of six “cultural awareness programs,” either in person or online, to become a Diversity Matters Champion. Attendance is required to receive credit.
The Dallas Express tried to reach out to Brooks for comment but did not get a response at the time of publication.
