Describing Jackie Robinson as “DEI” is straight-up segregationism. Might as well just say it with a hard R. - ThreadSky

mford.bsky.social • 1 day ago

Describing Jackie Robinson as “DEI” is straight-up segregationism. Might as well just say it with a hard R.

The Department of Defense deemed a story about baseball hero and civil rights leader Jackie Robinson's time in the Army as "DEI" and deleted it.

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cynic4hope.bsky.social•15 hours ago

If anyone happened to download that website’s info before it was scrubbed, post-print-safegaurd. Repost in more media platforms. Found this article at a VETERAN-OWNED site.
#veterans #JackieRobinson
https://www.sportsandservice.com/post/jackie-robinson-american-hero
Found a 1943 gov National Personnel Records Center entry 2

cynic4hope.bsky.social•15 hours ago

boblamirande.bsky.social•1 day ago

It was only a matter of time.

rhapinbooks.bsky.social•1 day ago

"DEI" clearly has been redefined by the Trump Administration as Black and/or Female and or other Person of Color no matter what they have done or what merit they possess(ed). All Hail the resurgence of White Nationalism!

jmckennajd.bsky.social•1 day ago

So a white man should have broken the color line?

socialgreedia.bsky.social•1 day ago

July 3, 1863 has never ended for them.

hallenbeck77.bsky.social•1 day ago

It's only the middle of the week--give them time.

davidperlmutter.bsky.social•18 hours ago

Robinson was court-martialed during his time in the Army- they want to focus on that...

sal52.bsky.social•1 day ago

Can the shame get any worse??

humanspareparts.bsky.social•1 day ago

feel like you’re tempting Fate here Sal

haldavis3.bsky.social•1 day ago

He was court-martialed for not moving to the back of a civilian bus driving through Fort Riley, Kansas. He was acquitted.

haldavis3.bsky.social•1 day ago

Correction: Fort Hood, Texas.

p0rtiab00.bsky.social•1 day ago

If you would just realize that "DEI" means "POC, woman, or other minority" it makes perfect sense. Would that the media would stop playing dumb.

piperjc.bsky.social•1 day ago

Can't see this sorta crap helping recruiting.

forceholy.bsky.social•1 day ago

Nah, it's cool. Surely, there is a sizeable number of straight white guys waiting to join the military.

chen-yenhan.bsky.social•1 day ago

The thing about Zoomers is that they aren’t joining the military, they aren’t working, and they aren’t having sex.

piperjc.bsky.social•20 hours ago

The ones I know are well educated and hard workers and several have served and are still serving. They may be bucking the trend. I do worry that Computer gaming/dependence has overwhelmed scary relationship building.

piperjc.bsky.social•1 day ago

There will be some but overall I bet all this crap hurts recruiting. They'll be working for a self-serving chaotic ego not the American people. When he's not verbally attacking people, he's undermining them for his own aggrandizement and grift. Constitution be damned under T-mafia.

patboucher.bsky.social•15 hours ago

He'll always have a place of honour in Montreal, our hearts full of love for him.

https://bsky.app/profile/patboucher.bsky.social/post/3lh7ei36nwk2j

marytetris.bsky.social•1 day ago

DEI is the new code for white male supremacy.

potrzebiesystem.bsky.social•1 day ago

https://bsky.app/profile/potrzebiesystem.bsky.social/post/3lkla5zzjdc2a

potrzebiesystem.bsky.social•1 day ago

https://bsky.app/profile/potrzebiesystem.bsky.social/post/3lkp3mbm7k22x

potrzebiesystem.bsky.social•1 day ago

https://bsky.app/profile/potrzebiesystem.bsky.social/post/3lkp3a5k6lk2x

potrzebiesystem.bsky.social•1 day ago

https://bsky.app/profile/potrzebiesystem.bsky.social/post/3lkp3aqwdcs2x

potrzebiesystem.bsky.social•1 day ago

Yeah they’re all raging bigots

nanjde.bsky.social•20 hours ago

Didn't we always know when trump dug up MAGAs, he wanted them to hate blacks, hate Jews, hate anyone that was not a White National? There were the dregs the earth and he captured them.
My mother told me "we all bleed red."

nanjde.bsky.social•20 hours ago

She was wrong, MAGA bleed white national and racism, both learned schisms! These are learned hates, children are not born with it, they learn from their environment!
DEI is easier to say than "I am a racist!"... and I am "anti-semitic"

d5frickel.bsky.social•1 day ago

Hegseth is a White Supremacist just like the traitor Robert E Lee.

dee20002.bsky.social•21 hours ago

This whole targeting of DEI is actually just a complete subterfuge for purely racist, sexist action. People with merit of whatever sex/race should be celebrated (as Robinson) but now, using DEI, all minorities or female of whatever merit are scrubbed out.

blanca0895.bsky.social•21 hours ago

“In response to another user’s post suggesting that students at historically Black institutions have lower IQs, Musk posted, “It will take an airplane crashing and killing hundreds of people for them to change this crazy policy of DIE”—diversity, equity, and inclusion, misspelled.”-Julia Metraux

freethinker65.bsky.social•1 day ago

What about Elvis?

gmarkham.bsky.social•1 day ago

I guess if you are not white and not a male, you will eventually be erased from American history. Shocking deterioration of American standards and values.

leighton-evans.bsky.social•1 day ago

Erasing history..🤔 where have we seen that type of behaviour before 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤮

scotiagirl19.bsky.social•18 hours ago

How can someone be labeled as DEI, decades before the anacronym was even invented? Much the opposite, he lived through a time of open hatred, racism, and oppression...further proving he achieved it all through MERIT!

rnmcd.bsky.social•17 hours ago

If Hegeseth wants to erase Jackie Robinson as a "DEI story," let's answer by elevating JR. My son LOVED this book as a kid. Spread it around social media. Better yet, let's start a mass campaign to purchase and gift copies wherever you see fit. Bonus points if you order through indie bookstores.

mop-fautneddy.bsky.social•1 day ago

During my middle years I was naive. I thought most of these racist cockroaches had died out but apparently they were breeding inside the walls.

n83z01qbui.bsky.social•1 day ago

@elienyc.bsky.social @michaelharriot.bsky.social @profmmurray.bsky.social

bluelion17.bsky.social•1 day ago

Jackie Robinson is an American Hero. 42 Forever.

kuenkuenluenglueng.bsky.social•1 day ago

I was about to say, I guess every ballpark in America = "too woke" now

victorsforza77.bsky.social•1 day ago

The irony of this all is that Jackie Robinson was a Republican. He supported NIXON over JFK in 1960, remained a Republican till he died.

kuenkuenluenglueng.bsky.social•20 hours ago

Really?!?! I know a bit about his career, but this is the first I've heard that!! Interesting

victorsforza77.bsky.social•18 hours ago

Tho in 1964 Jackie Robinson didn't support GOLDWATER who was anti CIVIL VOTING RIGHTS.

lacheese.bsky.social•18 hours ago

Probably because a lot of the racist southern democrats of the 1950s are what morphed into maga.

victorsforza77.bsky.social•18 hours ago

Dixiecrats migrated to the Republicans beginning with the passage of the civil voting rights acts.

kuenkuenluenglueng.bsky.social•18 hours ago

I always forget about that til the "Party of Lincoln" stuff comes up - not out of ignorance, but I guess... Idk if shock is the word. Incredulity??

oldschool112th.bsky.social•21 hours ago

Straight up racism.

tampalib.bsky.social•1 day ago

I mean

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

audreygv.bsky.social•1 day ago

Some white people are so fragile and insecure that they just cannot admit the accomplishments of people of color. SMH

jimrissmiller.bsky.social•1 day ago

Seems Hegseth is terrified of recognizing that people other than white males contributed to America’s reputation as a world leader … way before Trump and his trash cabinet arrived to try and steal our country.

kimisblue.bsky.social•1 day ago

Vile.

expat123.bsky.social•1 day ago

Wonder how the $ bros @sfgiants.com feel about that.

janetdcarter.bsky.social•1 day ago

Damn SecDef! 🤬🤬🤬

ekting.bsky.social•1 day ago

The army attempted to court-martial Jackie Robinson because he refused to obey a bus driver who ordered him to move to a seat in the back of a bus. When his commanding officer refused, the army transferred him to a more compliant (or racist) commander. https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories/jackie-robinson-and-double-v-campaign

n83z01qbui.bsky.social•1 day ago

@elienyc.bsky.social @michaelharriot.bsky.social @profmmurray.bsky.social

maraleia.bsky.social•1 day ago

There needs to be a lawsuit demanding that all these website pages be restored for every women, person of color and LGBTQ+ people. This erasure of true history cannot be tolerated.

victorsforza77.bsky.social•1 day ago

You know the irony in scrubbing Jackie Robinson from the Pentagon pages? He was a Republican. Yes Jackie Robinson was a Republican. Supported NIXON over JFK in 1960. Remained a Republican till he passed away.

eclecticspirit.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Parry dynamics were a bit different pre-1964.

foggytao.bsky.social•1 day ago

Well Mohammad Ali was ripped and went to jail for not going to Nam, he was right to follow his conscience. This country does not deserve all the people of color, women and LGBT+Q who served and those who made the ultimate sacrifice.
Mr. Bone Spur is no leader.

liannehy.bsky.social•12 hours ago

This is so frustrating.

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