The anti-DEI agenda (3 Viewers)

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I thought there was already a topic about DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) but I could not find it in search.
Anyway, it seems one of the main goals for republicans is to destroy anything (even if only vaguely) DEI related

The Anti-DEI Agenda Is Reprogramming America

President Trump’s anti-DEI playbook doesn’t just affect the makeup of America’s workplaces. It also impacts cultural production. Just ask Netflix’s former head of diversity.

www.wired.com

Arlington Cemetery website drops links for Black, Hispanic, and women veterans

The cemetery website unpublished links to lists of notable graves, walking tours and other material about Black, Hispanic and women veterans.

taskandpurpose.com

 

[DJ1BigTymer]

I thought there was already a topic about DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) but I could not find it in search.
Anyway, it seems one of the main goals for republicans is to destroy anything (even if only vaguely) DEI related

The Anti-DEI Agenda Is Reprogramming America

President Trump’s anti-DEI playbook doesn’t just affect the makeup of America’s workplaces. It also impacts cultural production. Just ask Netflix’s former head of diversity.

www.wired.com

Arlington Cemetery website drops links for Black, Hispanic, and women veterans

The cemetery website unpublished links to lists of notable graves, walking tours and other material about Black, Hispanic and women veterans.

taskandpurpose.com

This country is now being led by a party that is pro-segregation and is actively rewriting records to exclude any mentions of non-white men.

 

[DJ1BigTymer]

This country is now being led by a party that is pro-segregation and is actively rewriting records to exclude any mentions of non-white men.

Case and point:

After a recent change by the Trump administration, the federal government no longer explicitly prohibits contractors from having segregated restaurants, waiting rooms and drinking fountains.

The segregation clause is one of several identified in a public memo issued by the General Services Administration last month, affecting all civil federal agencies. The memo explains that it is making changes prompted by President Trump's executive order on diversity, equity and inclusion, which repealed an executive order signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1965 regarding federal contractors and nondiscrimination. The memo also addresses Trump's executive order on gender identity.

War heroes are among 26,000 images flagged for removal in Pentagon's DEI purge​

While there are still state and federal laws that outlaw segregation and discrimination that companies need to comply with, legal experts say this change to contracts across the federal government is significant.

"It's symbolic, but it's incredibly meaningful in its symbolism," says Melissa Murray, a constitutional law professor at New York University. "These provisions that required federal contractors to adhere to and comply with federal civil rights laws and to maintain integrated rather than segregated workplaces were all part of the federal government's efforts to facilitate the settlement that led to integration in the 1950s and 1960s.

https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/03/18/nx-s1-5326118/segregation-federal-contracts-far-regulation-trump

 

[Optimus Prime]

While both were about broader topics DEI was definitely talked about in both of these threads

If you haven't gone through them watch out for Paul!

Critical race theory

Frankly, I'm completely ignorant when it comes to the Critical Race Theory curriculum. What is it, where does it come from, and is it legitimate? Has anyone here read it and maybe give a quick summary?If this has been covered in another thread, then I missed it.

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All things Racist...USA edition

I was looking for a place to put this so we could discuss but didn't really find a place that worked so I created this thread so we can all place articles, experiences, videos and examples of racism in the USA.This is one that happened this week. The lady even called and filed a complaint on...

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[Optimus Prime]

This country is now being led by a party that is pro-segregation and is actively rewriting records to exclude any mentions of non-white men.

Like “woke” the meaning of DEI has been deliberately redefined so now people (MAGA base) believe it means a woefully incompetent minority gets a job over a deserving white person

The supreme irony is that the Trump cabinet and administration is being led by people not remotely qualified for the positions they’re in

 

[Optimus Prime]

The issue of diversity, equity and inclusion programs is among the most tightly divided and polarizing questions in the United States at this time, with wide gaps emerging along partisan and racial lines, according to the latest national NBC News poll.

President Donald Trump has made dismantling DEI programs an early focus of his administration, and voters are split over the future of the programs in the workplace, with deep differences depending on their political party.

Half of registered voters (49%) in the NBC News pollsay DEI programs should be eliminated “because they create divisions and inefficiencies in the workplace by putting too much emphasis on race and other social factors over merit, skills and experience.”

And 48% say DEI programs in the workplace should continue “because diverse perspectives reflect our country, create innovative ideas and solutions, encourage unity and make our workplaces fair and inclusive.”

Asked to share whether they have positive or negative feelings about DEI programs, a slightly higher share of voters (43%) say they have negative feelings, while 39% have positive views and 14% are neutral. (The poll's margin of error is plus or minus 3.1 percentage points.)

The divides over DEI are part of a broader cultural split.

In another question in the poll asking them to pick between two different statements, 51% of voters say there is “too much political correctness in our society today, and too much pressure on people to limit what they can do or say to avoid offending other people.”

Meanwhile, 45% say there is “too much prejudice in our society today and people need to be more respectful in what they do and say to avoid offending other people.” ……..

Beneath the surface of the overall division in the electorate are wide gaps depending on voters’ party affiliation and race.

Fully 80% of Republicans believe there is too much political correctness, while 77% of Democrats say there is too much prejudice.

Independents are split, with 46% saying there is too much political correctness and 43% saying there is too much prejudice.

An overwhelming share of Republicans (85%) believe DEI programs should be eliminated, while the same share of Democrats believe they should continue.

More independents side with Democrats on that question, with 59% saying DEI programs should continue and 39% saying they should be eliminated.

And while younger people were more likely to support DEI programs than older respondents, the issue highlights another example of a wide gender gap among younger voters on politics in the Trump era.

Among women ages 18 to 49, 67% say DEI programs should continue, while 31% want to eliminate them. But among men ages 18 to 49, 40% want to continue DEI programs, while 57% say they should be eliminated.

More older women support DEI programs than older men, but the gap between them is not as large.

“The survey also points to there being more political intensity and salience for Republicans around these issues than there is for Democrats,” Cardona-Arroyo said, noting the overwhelmingly negative views of DEI programs from voters who make up Trump’s base, including white men without a college education, self-described MAGA Republicans and self-described conservatives……..

Poll: American voters are deeply divided on DEI programs and political correctness

Voters narrowly say there's too much pressure to limit what people do or say to avoid offense, and they're split on continuing or eliminating DEI programs, per an NBC News poll.

www.nbcnews.com

 

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If you haven't gone through them watch out for Paul!

Oh yeah, I remember that dude lol. I feel like he is loving all this anti-DEI stuff.

(So they are going with woke cultural Marxism as a reason/excuse)

Jackie Robinson’s Army career wiped from military website in DEI purge

At least one website about Robinson, who trained as an officer and was assigned to a tank regiment during World War II, was reinstated Wednesday afternoon.

www.nbcnews.com

“As Secretary Hegseth has said, DEI is dead at the Defense Department," Pentagon Press Secretary John Ullyot said Wednesday in a statement to NBC News. "Discriminatory Equity Ideology is a form of Woke cultural Marxism that has no place in our military. It Divides the force, Erodes unit cohesion and Interferes with the services’ core warfighting mission. We are pleased by the rapid compliance across the Department with the directive removing DEI content from all platforms. In the rare cases that content is removed -- either deliberately or by mistake -- that is out of the clearly outlined scope of the directive, we instruct the components and they correct the content accordingly.”

 

[Optimus Prime]

Oh yeah, I remember that dude lol. I feel like he is loving all this anti-DEI stuff.

no doubt

 

[coldseat]

They have already done so much damage to our military.