Arizona State University professor details lawsuit over ‘racist’ DEI training: ‘Compelled speech’ [Video]

An Arizona State University (ASU) professor, who is suing the university over what he believes to be a “racist” mandatory diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) course for faculty, spoke with Fox News Digital about his decision to bring legal action against his employer. 

Dr. Owen Anderson, a professor of philosophy, religious studies and theology at ASU, is suing the school with the help of the conservative nonprofit the Goldwater Institute, claiming it is in violation of a two-year-old state law that forbids public agencies from requiring employees to engage in training that presents any form of “blame or judgment on the basis of race, ethnicity or sex.”

Anderson has been teaching at ASU for 21 years and is still employed at the university, but in November 2022, he was sent an email about the required “Inclusive Communities” course and was given …