Trump White House marks Black History Month while Defense Department declares 'identity months dead'
- The Trump White House issued a proclamation recognizing February as Black History Month, calling for observance with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities.
- The Defense Department declared that official resources will no longer be used to mark cultural awareness months, including Black History Month.
- Trump's proclamation highlighted contributions from figures like Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman, stating that their achievements advanced equality under the law.
- In his administration, Trump has targeted diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, referring to them as discrimination and advocating for a merit-based society.
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Trump could undo everything the UK learnt from Black Lives Matter
The end of diversity, equality and inclusion (DEI) is nigh. But did it ever really take off to begin with? If you ask its fiercest opponents, the answer to that question would be a resounding “yes”.In the eyes of the likes of President Donald Trump right down to the average conspiratorial right-wing dupe, DEI is to blame for everything from the tragic deaths of 67 people in the Washington air collision this week, to the failure of commercial ban…
History has taught us the danger of hateful, prejudicial labeling
What is the opposite of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI)? Purity (racial and sexual), inequity, and exclusion? That could be the mantra for the KKK, a well-known -- shall we say, “white” -- organization that DEI in part was conceived of to counter.What came before DEI, how far back do we want to go? The Tulsa massacre, lynchings, church and school bombings, redlining, separate but equal. What about the “Dred Scott v. Sandford” Supreme Court…
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