(a)As used in this section:
(i)"Diversity, equity or inclusion" means any
program, activity or policy that promotes differential or
preferential treatment of individuals or classifies individuals
on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, ethnicity or
national origin;
(ii)"Governmental entity" means the state, any
department thereof, the University of Wyoming and any county,
city, town, school district, community college district, other
political subdivision and other public corporation of the state;
(iii)"Institutional discrimination" means any of the
following concepts:
(A)That any race, color, religion, sex,
ethnicity or national origin is inherently superior or inferior;
(B)That a person should be discriminated
against or adversely treated because of the person's race,
color, re
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(a) As used in this section:
(i) "Diversity, equity or inclusion" means any
program, activity or policy that promotes differential or
preferential treatment of individuals or classifies individuals
on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, ethnicity or
national origin;
(ii) "Governmental entity" means the state, any
department thereof, the University of Wyoming and any county,
city, town, school district, community college district, other
political subdivision and other public corporation of the state;
(iii) "Institutional discrimination" means any of the
following concepts:
(A) That any race, color, religion, sex,
ethnicity or national origin is inherently superior or inferior;
(B) That a person should be discriminated
against or adversely treated because of the person's race,
color, religion, sex, ethnicity or national origin;
(C) That the moral character of a person is
determined by the person's race, color, religion, sex, ethnicity
or national origin;
(D) That because of a person's race, color,
religion, sex, ethnicity or national origin the person is
inherently racist, sexist or oppressive, whether consciously or
subconsciously;
(E) That by virtue of a person's race, color,
religion, sex, ethnicity or national origin, the person is
inherently responsible for actions committed in the past by
other members of the same race, color, religion, sex, ethnicity
or national origin;
(F) That fault, blame or bias should be assigned
to members of a race, color, religion, sex, ethnicity or
national origin, on the basis of race, color, religion, sex,
ethnicity or national origin;
(G) That any person should accept, acknowledge,
affirm or assent to a sense of guilt, complicity or a need to
apologize on the basis of the person's race, color, religion,
sex, ethnicity or national origin;
(H) That meritocracy or certain traits including
a hard work ethic are racist or sexist.
(b) No governmental entity shall:
(i) Engage in any diversity, equity or inclusion
program, activity or policy;
(ii) Engage in institutional discrimination;
(iii) Require instruction promoting institutional
discrimination;
(iv) Require any student, employee or contractor to
attend or participate in any diversity, equity or inclusion
program or training or any institutional discrimination program
or training.
(c) As a political class, classification or identity,
federally recognized Indian tribes and programs, trainings,
degrees, classes or endowments related to federally recognized
Indian tribes or Indian history, culture, language and
traditions, are not diversity, equity and inclusion as defined
by this section. Nothing in this section shall be construed to
apply to federally recognized Indian tribes. For purposes of
this section:
(i) "Federally recognized Indian tribe" means a
tribal government and its citizens who have an acknowledged
government-to-government relationship with the United States of
America;
(ii) Federally recognized Indian tribes and their
citizens shall be considered a political class, classification
or identity. Tribes and their members shall not be considered a
race or a racial classification.