The anti-DEI agenda (2 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.

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The cemetery website unpublished links to lists of notable graves, walking tours and other material about Black, Hispanic and women veterans.

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We all know the real reason

Speaker denies request for Rev. Jesse Jackson to lie in honor at Capitol, citing precedent

House Speaker Mike Johnson’s office has denied a request to have the late Rev. Jesse Jackson lie in honor in the United States Capitol Rotunda due to precedents that such honors are usually only designated for presidents.

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A white family suing Kamehameha Schools over its Native Hawaiian admissions policy wants to stay anonymous for the duration of the case over online death threats and fears that being named publicly could affect their careers.

The backlash to the lawsuit has been ferocious. The lead attorney in the case had his home address posted on social media and a package that appeared to contain feces mailed to his front door. Others have suggested that the founder of the nonprofit leading the lawsuit should be assassinated like Charlie Kirk, the right-wing political activist.

The mother and daughter in the suit, referred to only as B.P. and I.P., are asking the court to keep their identities hidden. The decision on anonymity will be an early hurdle for whether the case proceeds.

“The abuse stemming from this case to date is extreme even for seasoned civil-rights professionals who are used to backlash,” Jesse Franklin-Murdock, a lawyer for the plaintiffs, wrote in a court declaration. “For a young girl living in the community, it is intolerable.”

In recent court filings, Kamehameha condemned the violent rhetoric but says the family should reveal their identities if they want to proceed with the case.

“They have no right to be shielded from criticism for what they are doing,” KS lawyers wrote in a court filing on Wednesday.

On the question of anonymity, two prior admissions cases against Kamehameha had two different outcomes for the minor plaintiffs.

In the first, the courts ruled that the plaintiff, known only as Doe, could remain anonymous. Kamehameha later agreed to keep the minor’s identity confidential after settling the lawsuit for $7 million.

In another case in 2010, the federal courts ruled that four non-Native Hawaiians could not remain anonymous throughout the case, which later stalled as parts of it were appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court.

In a separate 2003 case, a minor plaintiff was named. Then-seventh-grader Brayden Mohica-Cummings sued to stay at Kamehameha, but dropped the case after the school agreed to let him remain through his senior year...............

Family suing Kamehameha Schools over admissions policy are getting threats, seek anonymity

A white family suing Kamehameha Schools over its Native Hawaiian admissions policy wants to stay anonymous for the duration of the case over online death threats and fears that being named publicly could affect their careers.

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Five white male Philadelphia police officershave accused their city and department of denying them promotions due to their race and sex, a new lawsuit claims.

America First Legal, a group co-founded by White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller that defends conservative causes in the courts, filed a federal class-action lawsuit Wednesday on behalf of the police officers who claim they were passed over for advancement in favor of cops who were either Black or women.

Lieutenants Christopher Bloom, Kollin Berg and Joseph Musumeci were denied a promotion to captain, and Sergeants Marc Monachello and Leroy Ziegler Jr. were passed over for advancement to lieutenant in November 2025, according to the lawsuit.

America First Legal claim that each cop had “high civil exam scores, strong service records, positive annual performance reviews, and significant law-enforcement experience” and that they were denied their promotions ”in favor of non-white male candidates with lower civil-service exam scores and lower rankings on the promotion-eligibility lists.”

The lawsuit challenges Philadelphia’s “Rule of Five” policy, which it says the city created in 2021 to increase the representation of minority and female candidates in supervisory positions. The “Rule of Five” policy, which America First Legal calls “illegal and discriminatory,” replaced the city’s “Rule of Two” policy.……..

5 white male cops accuse Philadelphia of denying them promotions due to race and sex

A federal class-action lawsuit was filed Wednesday on behalf of the officers who claim they were passed over for advancement in favor of police who were either Black or women

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