The Chronicle of Higher Education reports that legislators in Kansas “want to get rid of DEI offices, end diversity trainings, banish diversity statements, and censor how professors talk about race…in mandatory courses” (February 20th online).
None of this is very surprising in the current political environment. What IS raising eyebrows in the Sunflower State, however, is a recent decision by Wichita State University that will enable it to become the first school in the nation where it is legal to claim, “We Don’t See Color.”
Commencing July 1st, 2026, WSU will only hire faculty, staff, and administrators — and only accept students — who can provide medical proof that they are color-blind.
According to WSU President Richard Muma, “discrimination on the basis of skin color has been the scourge of humanity since the beginning of time, and WSU is committed to eliminating that scourge. We realize that mandating color blindness on our campus will be a challenge, since only about 8% of all males — and less than 1% of all females — are color-blind. But WSU embraces that challenge. Color blindness is not a deficiency or an affliction, it’s a gift. Color-sensitive people are Satan’s minions, and our institution will no longer be complicit in the evil they foist upon the world. As our new school motto proclaims, ‘If you can see brown, yellow, black, or white, you better make sure to get out of OUR sight’.”
Amen, brother.