Indiana Gov. Micah Beckwith criticized state Senate Democrats for equating GOP legislative proposals aimed at rooting the Diversity, Equality and Inclusion (DEI) initiative in higher education into a three-fifth of a compromise.
“They said this was a bad bill because they actually promote discrimination, like a three-fifth compromise that would return to our nation's foundations. I would like to share with you. “It wasn't the discrimination or slave driving compromise that the founders created. It was actually the exact opposite.”
“Don't buy it in the history of Dei Radical Refisionist, which is happening in today's culture,” he said. “Learn about your history. Go back and study the documents. Read yourself just like me. Find them out.
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Lt. Col. Micah Beckwith will be seen presiding the Senate on Thursday, April 24, 2025 at a legislative meeting at the Indiana State Capitol in Indianapolis. (via Grace Hollars/Indystar/USA Today network imaging images)
The legislation in question, Senate Bill 289, finally passed both rooms in the state legislature last week and headed to Republican Mike Brown's desk. If the bill limits DEI programs at K-12 schools, charter schools, state institutions, and public universities, and forces students, teachers or administrators to adopt other people's races that are inherently superior or inferior in gender, ethnicity, religion, or country of origin, people can sue such institutions if they force other people's races to adopt them. Race, gender, ethnicity, religion, or country of origin.
The GOP-sponsored bill, entitled “Illegal Discrimination,” also includes institutional transparency requirements to post DEI-related training online and to repeal regulations such as the University's Diversity Committee. It follows the executive action of a former U.S. Senator, issued when he took office as governor in January.
Critics of last week's state Senate bill said the proposal doesn't take into account the legacy of US discrimination, citing three-fifths of compromise, Jim Crow's law and real estate redline.
As for the three-fifths of the compromise, Beckwith said, “The north is a compromise created in the South. At the time there were basically 13 independent countries.”
“They didn't actually create a constitution, because they were a European Union-esque country, and they said, “If you want to count slaves, if you want to have more expressions in Parliament, we knew you were codified slavery towards our country and the north.”
After Indiana Governor Mike Brown announced the Indiana Healthy Again Initiative at the Indiana State Library, Indiana Lieutenant Colonel Mica Beckwith wears an American healthy hat on Tuesday, April 15th, 2025. (Mykal McEldowney / Indystar / USA Today Network via Imagn Images)
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The three-fifths of compromise made during the 1787 Constitutional Convention shows that slaves count three-fifths of people in counting the state's population for taxation and legislative representation. It reduced the influence that slaveholding countries initially wanted, but ultimately allowed more shaking in House of Representatives seats and presidential contests from the perspective of electoral colleges than they would have counted.
The three-fifth compromise ended after the civil war with the adoption of the 13th and 14th amendments, abolishing slavery and establishing equal protections under the Constitution.
When the Constitution was written, Beckwith said that while southern states considered slaves as property, they still wanted to count slaves as part of the census population to acquire legislative lawmakers from the south. The North said that if the South wants to count its “property” or its slaves as the entire census people, the North would also count its tables, chairs and all of its belongings as part of the population, according to the Lieutenant Governor.
Lieutenant Colonel Mika Beckwith, yes. (via Grace Hollars/Indystar/USA Today network imaging images)
“They came up with a compromise. They said you only get three-fifths of the votes when it comes to your slave. And it actually limited the number of Proslave representatives in Congress by 40%. “They knew what they were doing, but now there are Senate Democrats in the American Republic today who don't understand that.”
“They think that the three-fifths of compromise was something that was a tragedy for black people. That wasn't. And did we reach this place? We reached this for the Day of Education. We came here. “Many men and leaders of our country's history knew how evil slavery was. They knew that God created black people, white people, red people, all people in his image. They would become us in a more perfect union than we see now.”
Beckwith said that the three-fifth compromise was the beginning of the United States, which later evolved into a place where all people could have equal representation under the law.
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The anti-DEI state bill handed over 64-26 votes and state senators by 34-16 votes. I'm waiting for Brown to sign.
