REPORT: California spent $500M on Diversity Equity and Inclusion initiatives, including $50K on 'racial equity' fish dept trainings

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California's Conservation Department, for example, spent $9,000 on copies of Ibram X. Kendi’s 'How to Be an Antiracist' book

A conservative nonprofit estimated that California has spent over $500 million on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, including spending nearly $50,000 on "racial equity" trainings for the state Fish and Wildlife Department.

The Center for Organizational Research and Education (CORE), a consumer protection nonprofit, called DEI initiatives the Golden State’s "next billion-dollar industry" in their new report on California’s critical race theory-based spending.

"Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion is becoming California's newest billion-dollar industry—on the taxpayer's dime," CORE lead researcher Will Coggin told Fox News Digital on Monday. "It's everywhere from kindergarten classrooms to the Department of Fish and Wildlife."

"Instead of effectively addressing issues like housing, crime or homelessness, California officials have chosen to line the pockets of well-connected diversity consultants," he continued…