some reporters have been too loose with phrasing like DEI. makes it sound like it's all abt post-George Floyd murder stuff. As he notes, they're ditching anti-discrimination policies that go back to LBJ. - ThreadSky

joshtpm.bsky.social • 32 days ago

some reporters have been too loose with phrasing like DEI. makes it sound like it's all abt post-George Floyd murder stuff. As he notes, they're ditching anti-discrimination policies that go back to LBJ.

Reposted from Dave Jamieson

If DEI has just "gotten out of hand," then why is the Trump administration going all the way back to a 1965 LBJ civil rights executive order for repeal?
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

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bash.bsky.social•32 days ago

Those reporters are the stenographers.

ragnell.bsky.social•32 days ago

They want to ditch policies that go back to Lincoln.

romancaturday.bsky.social•32 days ago

It would be great if media orgs started asking the administration about how many veterans, including disabled veterans, might lose their jobs because of this push. https://bsky.app/profile/tjmstrong.bsky.social/post/3lgehvtyk3c2b

candyengland.bsky.social•32 days ago

I thought this was a “freedom” movement. Trump dictating how private companies will conduct their business… is not freedom.

jayman535.bsky.social•32 days ago

One by one

usmcbrat2.bsky.social•32 days ago

People are going to die.

butterisbetter1.bsky.social•32 days ago

"technically continue to exist" but.... it's getting more Orwellian by the hour. Don't fly; don't breathe polluted air; stay away from all borders; don't go where there are unvaccinated crowds that may infect you; stay far from DC, now home of Proud Boys looking to kill you. More to come.

policyg.bsky.social•32 days ago

This is really going to lower the price of eggs!

(Because I'm going to be living in a cave with my own chicken coop of them to survive)

occasionalhyker.bsky.social•31 days ago

As someone who has chickens, trust me, having chickens does not lower the price of eggs, if you're keeping track.

inkrasands.bsky.social•31 days ago

Start your own farm too.

dianamc.bsky.social•31 days ago

This was never about “woke” they used that & DEI to make discrimination cool again.

policyg.bsky.social•32 days ago

It's nice to know the US government is now the most racist hiring org in America.

writersamhayes.bsky.social•32 days ago

We boycott any company that kneels.

silent-cycling.bsky.social•32 days ago

Haven't yet noticed a dip in Amazon sales.
Or mass Meta departures.

writersamhayes.bsky.social•31 days ago

When we boycotted Coke, they saw some solid hits. We need that to keep happening.

volcanicsand.bsky.social•32 days ago

[email protected]

is that the email to which we should report our concerns?

aliemalie.bsky.social•32 days ago

That go back to FDR! The LBJ EO was built off of one signed by FDR!

LBJ EO history: https://www.dol.gov/agencies/ofccp/executive-order-11246

FDR EO: https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/executive-order-8802

mollyjordan.bsky.social•32 days ago

I’m starting to think grocery prices were a red herring.

joecgiles.bsky.social•32 days ago

If they’ll go back to LBJ, they’ll go back to FDR.

occasionalhyker.bsky.social•31 days ago

They want to go back to the Antebellum era where the white Christian rich man was everything.

vwllsswndr.bsky.social•31 days ago

Anything after Reconstruction is "too loose" for this gang.

parentingaspath.bsky.social•32 days ago

Yeah well when you are busy legitimizing Chris Rufo these facts get lost in the mix for a journalist

jesussaves2020.bsky.social•32 days ago

suebeedefender.bsky.social•32 days ago

They are poking a hornet's nest just for giggles.

tmcgee57.bsky.social•32 days ago

Where I work, our DEI program isn't just about race. It also covers discrimination against older workers, people with disabilities, and parents with children.

Trump is the most racist president since Wilson, but DEI is about much more then race.

sequoyah1.bsky.social•32 days ago

We are going back to when our mothers had to fight for what is right for her and her family. Back to the 1950's -1970's. 🇪🇺🇺🇦🌻

hrryan.bsky.social•32 days ago

But it's still illegal to discriminate in hiring, according to Federal law.

chronosschiron.bsky.social•32 days ago

he keeps this shit up its going to cause a revolt

strigori.bsky.social•32 days ago

One of his backers went on TV, and literally said they want to repeal the 20th century. They're planning on going back to at least the gilded age, or before

silent-cycling.bsky.social•32 days ago

Their mythic projection of that earlier time, claiming justification under the constitution as it was then but in their modern interpretation of a oligarch-theocracy of white supremacy. Which is pretty much Project 2025.

michaelharris58.bsky.social•32 days ago

Is Brown v Board of Education next?

silent-cycling.bsky.social•32 days ago

Certainly on the parallel list of things imperilled.

torenware.bsky.social•32 days ago

Well, back then they were trying to desegregate the federal government. But Trump? "Segregation now, segregation tomorrow and segregation forever!" Jim Crow is now officially back in fashion.

notesofland.bsky.social•32 days ago

Yeah, the media needs to do a much better job. Journalists’ lax reporting got us into this mess.

mistergrueso.bsky.social•32 days ago

The media is a main reason we are in this predicament.

The media won’t save us!
Neither will Democrats!
It’s up to us!

momsnark.bsky.social•32 days ago

LBJ was woke, I guess.

peteinpa.bsky.social•32 days ago

What's going to happen is that there will be tons of race and disability-based lawsuits against the government as Trump tries to implement Jim Crow 2.0, costing us the taxpayers billions of dollars in legal costs/settlements, and billions of dollars in lost worktime/efficiency at gov't agencies.

rednecklefty.bsky.social•30 days ago

Can you start calling out these sloppy reporters by name and article, please?

billygreg.bsky.social•31 days ago

Just watch as the media will twist itself like a Cirque du Soleil contortionist to normalize this wave of ugliness.

blueheart58.bsky.social•32 days ago

Because Clarence Thomas hates that the world thinks he's dumb and that the only reason he got into Yale law school was because of Affirmative Action.

spearit.bsky.social•32 days ago

Are the reporters being "too loose" or are they repeating the phrasing the woke and anti-woke crowds use?

mercapothecary.bsky.social•32 days ago

Good Lord, that pancake makeup BRIGHT orange. Wow.

lfillingham.bsky.social•32 days ago

They say DEI means you have to hire minorities, which it doesn't. But killing the antidiscrimination directive says it's fine to discriminate against minorities, which is their real goal.
He's the new Woodrow Wilson.

dsmdexter.bsky.social•32 days ago

Give him time, he will erase everything LBJ did.

leftinfighter.bsky.social•32 days ago

Our news networks and Democratic politicians have been too timid to call these people neo-segregationists like they are.

They've fought to maximize corrosive residual effects of segregation since it ended via other legal means, no need to debate their stated intent in good faith on their terms.

quixola.bsky.social•32 days ago

‘Diversity and Inclusion’ turned up in in the workforce during the late 80s as part of a glut of harassment settlements. Delivered poorly by lack of expertise in HR departments. Created more division than there was before.

pgourevitch.bsky.social•32 days ago

his retribution for the Justice Dept’s 1973 civil rights case against him for racist housing discrimination?

philliphyper.bsky.social•32 days ago

You bet he hasn’t forgotten about how unfairly he was treated by has to follow the rule of law. This was the first test his daddy gave him and he failed.

lipstickscribbles.bsky.social•32 days ago

Is there a South African business owner who has trouble with discrimination law in his businesses here in the room with us?

lesliehilton0131.bsky.social•32 days ago

White trash policy 🙄

silent-cycling.bsky.social•32 days ago

We've had it all wrong. The D'ump is not orange because of tanning but whitening. He's actually the bright red devil wearing makeup. It's the skin of hell's inferno trying to manifest.
Really can't believe these actions.

therealnotbetty.bsky.social•32 days ago

If it’s an actual rule that was done under the APA, then that’s how they would need to revoke it. An EO doesn’t have the weight

pnumbers.bsky.social•32 days ago

I wonder whether elon is now an illegal immigrant up for assets seize

birdie2019.bsky.social•32 days ago

Oh c’mon: they’re trying to undo civil rights laws. Duh.

oldoldblue.bsky.social•32 days ago

You guys didn't see this coming?

C'mon man. This is the most reactionary head of government in the history of the Nation.

Open your eyes and expect even more.

mattmay.bsky.social•32 days ago

I would _love_ some coverage of the "and Accessibility" part of this announcement. Literally the first time I saw a right-winger talk about "DEIA" was in a statement cutting it all. I know a lot of federal employees working on accessibility and AFAICT they're all done as of today.

darbyz.bsky.social•31 days ago

Tramp is a DEI hire. Low-IQ. Noone else would hire that 💩, except low-IQ voters and grifters.

unrealjen.bsky.social•31 days ago

Wasn’t 1965 in the timeframe he wants to go back to, when America was “Great”?

ronmexico007.bsky.social•32 days ago

Same folks don’t express any outrage over so-called church teachings that are a close offshoot of DEI. Even though they don’t practice it, yet to see Rufo sheep denounce things like Golden Rule-do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Frame DEI as universal & let them expose themselves.

snowmein.bsky.social•32 days ago

Before Boomers entered the workforce.

stlcatfishmike.bsky.social•32 days ago

At this point I’m expecting Hegseth to resegregate (Bluesky says that’s not a word haha how hopeful) the fucking military.

tbvamp.bsky.social•32 days ago

why was this never codified by the congress? That's the real letdown.

theedirtyhippy.bsky.social•31 days ago

Americans who did not vote for Trump should just be thankful that the majority of Americans did for them what they could not do for themselves. DEI is dangerous and places unqualified people in positions. The most qualified person should get the job.

usmc86.bsky.social•28 days ago

I WISH WE COULD PHASE OUT DEI TONIGHT.

D- Don Jr.
E-Eric
I- Ivanka

COME ON AMERICA!!!! we can get it done!!

msaulters.bsky.social•32 days ago

They will not stop. They can't wait to tear it all down. First was abortion. Next is porn. Trans rights, gay rights, interracial marriage. It's ALL on the chopping block.

rebeccaamccoy.bsky.social•32 days ago

They are trying to erase the Civil Rights Act.

mjosmurphy.bsky.social•32 days ago

For them, DEI is pronounced with a hard "-r"

themicromentalist.bsky.social•32 days ago

I regret to inform you that the people that voted for Trump most likely don't know who LBJ is, and they will most likely never know, because they have no curiosity and have been denied a decent education.

shafiq.shaf.com•32 days ago

The sad fact is, minorities that have voted for him will suffer, as well as those who have not voted for him.

gitmeau.bsky.social•31 days ago

Idk... That first part isn't all that sad imo... FAFO

themicromentalist.bsky.social•32 days ago

Like he cares.

dianeb1.bsky.social•32 days ago

DEI stands for Don Jr, Eric, Ivanka.

sistercurry.bsky.social•32 days ago

So many young women don't realize that this means YOU.

janapiranha.bsky.social•21 days ago

Just wait until we're a segregated nation again, because that's what these bigots want. Never let anyone off the hook as long as you live. If they voted for this, it's because they want this. Fuck my own family that voted for him, I'll never speak to them again.

dadavidid.bsky.social•32 days ago

Noted

jennifer-joey.bsky.social•32 days ago

We need to actually fight. This is our country not his.

joe-not2b.bsky.social•31 days ago

Repealing the civil rights laws will be the next thing on their agenda. Senate Democrats could filibuster attempts to do that, but I expect them to try it. They won't do it all at once, they will single out LGBT (particularly T) people first.

303coreylee.bsky.social•31 days ago

What can you do to about companies dropping DEI policies? Use your wallet!

- Getting a new car? Only buy from a minority employee.
- Buying new carpet? Use a minority-owned company.
- Research products & companies BEFORE you buy from them.

Seek out minorities for EVERY purchase moving forward!

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