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I would leave his Covid views out of it and just say anyone think we could do better then white (I’m assuming cis) male for diversity days?

I agree with @gotkimchi; I'd definitely say something, but would focus on the fact that he's not a good fit for diversity talks and leave his COVID views out of it. Because it sounds like even if he wasn't a COVID denier (ugh), he shouldn't be doing diversity talks.

I think presenting constructive feedback on the program itself is fine, but I would leave his anti-masking facebook comments out of it unless they were a part of the program. It's a shame that there are people that feel this way about masking and COVID but I don't think it's relevant to your actual concern, which was the content and lack of diversity in the program itself.

I would say something even without the covid info! why is a white man doing a presentation that’s supposed to be about diversity? Doesn’t even sound like it actually was about diversity anyway, though I’m sort of confused about what it was about. It just sounds like a pretty weird presentation, and given the extra info about those views, I’d prefer to hire someone else. There are a lot of BIPOC-owned businesses in the D&I space and I’d rather any money toward something about “diversity” go to them.

So, there are two issues here.

1) he’s an anti-masker/covid deny-er. You have to let go of that because it is his right to believe whatever dumb thing he wants so long as he is not endangering the students. So if he started talking about how made up covid is in his presentation, then you have an argument. This would be equivalent to someone not hiring someone because they believed in aliens (trying to think of something silly to compare it to).

2) You don’t think the diversity talk was as good as it could be. I think you need to try to bring a solution to the problem rather than just a complaint. People really hate hearing that they’ve done a sucky job and are likely to dig in their heels and label you as just another complainer. So ideally, you find someone else and say “I think x, y and z. Perhaps you would consider using this person/program next time”.

However, I think you should speak up about how the MLK comment and the cultural approbation issues. Let them know that those micro-aggressions contribute to systemic racism and that we have to be very careful to keep it out of our schools and speak up when we see it.