I don’t know why stories like these aren’t front page headline by themselves. I’m doubtful the modal American understands Trump’s anti-DEI crusade is just naked bigotry. Behavior like this spells it out so plainly. - ThreadSky | a Reddit-style client for Bluesky

slothropsmap.bsky.social • 14 days ago

I don’t know why stories like these aren’t front page headline by themselves. I’m doubtful the modal American understands Trump’s anti-DEI crusade is just naked bigotry. Behavior like this spells it out so plainly.

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Erasure.
At the National Institute of Health, posters of women and scientists of color have been taken down. Shared by @ivancalcantara.bsky.social

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mollyculture.bsky.social•14 days ago

The thing that makes me batty about this crap is that this isn't even what the EO said. This is obedience waaaay past the letter of the (not)law, way over into the spirit and the meaning behind it.

gardener68.bsky.social•13 days ago

Which EO is tied to this abomination? The one about the elimination of DEI? I can’t keep track.

mollyculture.bsky.social•13 days ago

I assume this is under the guise of complying with the elimination of diversity equity inclusion and accessibility, but the EO talked about outreach programs, any hiring goals. It didnt say retroactively pretend we've been racist ableist misogynists all along. (To be clear, that EO is shit)

wpaul-6854.bsky.social•13 days ago

They are not front page because,
• there is So Much Shit going on;
• people are too distracted;
• people are too overwhelmed and are focussing on other urgencies.

trickyc66.bsky.social•14 days ago

it's just wild, that, like, sure, nobody expects conservative OR liberal politicians to actually have anyone's backs or lead in our favor, but: it really feels like overt hostility, erasure and antihumanism - an ACTIVE "fuck you" - should provision an automatic ejection from any public office.

bro-laren.bsky.social•13 days ago

"If we acknowledge that this is happening it'll really put a damper on our super bowl plans"

nerdymushroom.bsky.social•13 days ago

Oh Oh I know why!

Its who owns the news that decides what isnt going to be on the front page.

badstatistics.bsky.social•14 days ago

White voters do not care at all about things that do not impact them directly.

I'm not sure why this so hard for people to understand.

searcy514.bsky.social•14 days ago

It's disheartening to see the West's focus shift, while our need for advanced weaponry and ammunition remains critical.

iamkanyetwitty.bsky.social•13 days ago

Let’s stop the “anti-DEI.” That’s just whitewashing. It’s racist and sexist. It’s a return to the patriarchy.

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slothropsmap.bsky.social•14 days ago

“Trump is removing all pictures depicting women and people of color from government buildings nationwide.”

“Wait, why?”

“Because he and the Republican Party hate them.”

moralsmatter.bsky.social•14 days ago

DEI is a buzzword with a connotation. The opposing buzzword with a connotation is THE GOOD OLD BOYS.
Remind everyone what it is like to try to prosper when the Good Old Boys Club runs everything.

jojolepoisson.bsky.social•14 days ago

It cannot be "Trump", he certainly did not visit the National Institute of Health yesterday. There is a chain of command with somebody taking a decision, and a janitor executing at the end. Who did it ? How were the orders written ?

rowyourbot.bsky.social•12 days ago

Oh, it’s a lot of things. But it’s definitely that.

davidw38.bsky.social•14 days ago

For 8 years we've been hearing... it's not racism, it's economic insecurity. Bullshit.

annabellelecter.bsky.social•14 days ago

We were always told whose economic insecurity mattered. And not just by Donald Trump. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/upshot/voters-trump-bernie-sanders.html

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/donald-trump-nick-fuentes-your-body-my-choice-4b

abobby77.bsky.social•14 days ago

Must be part of the new goal, to Make America White Again.

Heaven help us all

kerflufle.bsky.social•14 days ago

White male.

feklar669.bsky.social•14 days ago

We can't have pictures of bitches and darkies jamming their powerful white man alpha vibe!

Such tender, delicate little snowflakes.

inkwell0121.bsky.social•14 days ago

It's not on the front page because MSM is fully in the tank for Trump to the point of being collaborationist.

jpreynat.bsky.social•14 days ago

Because that’s the simplest way to rewrite history.

Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.

muskokabh.bsky.social•14 days ago

Sickening! Next they will be removing women and people of colour from the Republican Party. I am ok with Madge and BoBo getting the boot mind you!

vinegrr.bsky.social•13 days ago

Trump isn't literally going in and removing them though. It's either staffers or contractors.

I want to know who is actually taking the posters down, and why they are easily agreeing to do so instead of refusing/waiting until forced to do so.

erictime.bsky.social•14 days ago

The larger media outlets’ tacit policy of “We can’t call people racists unless they themselves say they are racists,” sure has done a lot to help all the racists.

level5railgun.bsky.social•13 days ago

They don’t even do that!!! The DODGE staffer literally said he was racist before it was cool and they put racism in quotes!

wrynn.bsky.social•14 days ago

And if they literally say that, well, "to forgive is divine."

piri.bsky.social•14 days ago

But I was told they don’t hate women and minorities and that I was just imagining things.

arobbinswilson.bsky.social•14 days ago

If I had a dime for every white male who said, “You are overreacting, show me the legislation that proves (gay rights/women’s rights/ civil rights) are in danger…”🤪

piri.bsky.social•14 days ago

IKR? “Calm down Roe isn’t going anywhere.”

misgivings.bsky.social•14 days ago

They are waging war on and othering everyone who is not white and male

infortheride.bsky.social•14 days ago

This is erasure. How long before MAGA seeks the same solution that the Israelis are doing in Gaza that they learned how to do from the Nazis who did it to them? Renfield Rubio inked a prison housing deal w/the scion of rehomed Nazis in El Salvador. Think political prisoner won’t be shipped out?

annabellelecter.bsky.social•14 days ago

Texas removed HRC from history curriculums in 2017 or 2018... it was an ominous sign.

ballnjane.bsky.social•14 days ago

#americantaliban

francesinportland.bsky.social•14 days ago

Remember the first republican primary debate in 2015? When Trump said all the quiet parts out loud? And NOT ONE republican on that stage challenged him and said that’s not who we are? Yeah. I do.

heavysweater.bsky.social•14 days ago

It *is* who we are

annabellelecter.bsky.social•14 days ago

From Birchers to Birthers, and that's why he resonated in Iowa and took off from there.

coloradonaturist.bsky.social•14 days ago

This is just disgusting!

curt-robbins.bsky.social•14 days ago

Something tells me this is going to backfire.

Most Americans are moderates. And these shenanigans have caught the attention of even moderates.

seattlejeremy.bsky.social•13 days ago

We've nurtured these monsters too long

kristyrawson.bsky.social•14 days ago

Those major headlines?... in major newspapers?... I think we do know why.

annabellelecter.bsky.social•14 days ago

They aren't a story for the New York Times and the Washington Post and the LA Times have made their priorities clear.

marnie-sensfan.bsky.social•14 days ago

It’s not just bigotry. It’s backing up hundreds of years of civil rights. Just wait

wrynn.bsky.social•14 days ago

This can be helpful, for real. I have conservative relatives who are totally on board with the anti-DEI moves when it's framed that way, but when you show them who these people actually are - the Darren Beattie stuff, photos off the wall at USAID - they find it appalling.

nniskanen.bsky.social•12 days ago

There were a number of feminists who talked about this being one of the goals of the Republican Party after they struck Roe v Wade, but they were told that they were overreacting. Getting women out of public life has been a long time goal of the Evangelical movement and now they're succeeding.

mazuretsky.bsky.social•14 days ago

Here’s Trump signing an executive order. All people around him are women and girls, which tells you that this is an anti-trans orders and they’re in the Biblical words “a fig leaf”.

Astute viewer might notice that they have something else in common.

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suzanad1.bsky.social•13 days ago

Well thanks to P2025 dismantling the DOE will solve the problem, if you're white. 😉

matesrsen.bsky.social•14 days ago

Front page headline where? In the Washington Post?

jeneane.bsky.social•14 days ago

Nooooo!

eldandyjason.bsky.social•14 days ago

They’re not headlines for a number of reasons but I think people need to realize that most Americans are aware of shit like this and either don’t care or are fine with it.