„Programme zur Förderung von Diversität und Gleichstellung:
USA fordern Einschränkungen bei französischen Firmen mit US-Regierungsaufträgen“
#MAGA #diversity #dei #schwarwel

Das erinnert an die Nazis, die Buch- und Musikverlagen im Ausland "Rassenfragebögen" schickten
#Trump #DEI #USFascism

#journalism #DEI #UsingYourWords

https://www.axios.com/local/philadelphia/2025/03/21/philadelphia-inquirer-layoffs-communities-engagement-desk

Trump vs. Mickey… Trump’s FCC commissioner opens investigation into Walt Disney Co. and ABC for diversity policies. #DEI #media #coup #AmericanCoup #diversity #FCC #WhiteSupremacy
https://apnews.com/article/disney-fcc-trump-woke-dei-1aad33c3c2fa9db2143f578037ac4fad

i work at a university in doctoral research and today was the first time in my career where a student was asked to remove *references* to diversity equity and inclusion from their work and my heart broke

#dei #uspol

Not supporting #DEI is a position I disagree with, but using support of DEI to hunt down and attack it's supporters is an evil that must not go unpunished. Worse still, those on the wrong side of this line know exactly what they are up to.

"White House officials informed the Navajo Nation that an artificial intelligence-powered automated review process looking for content with DEI initiatives led to the elimination of anything mentioning “Navajo,” according to a statement from Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren."

(Comment: 🙄 Blame the AI... right....)

https://apnews.com/article/navajo-code-talkers-dei-pentagon-native-american-5ae814f99a5c5e00128613b2be9b554e

#Politics #USPol #Racism #DEI #CodeTalkers

"On their first attempt to enter the Institute for Peace, the DOGE staff were accompanied by FBI agents. On the second attempt, DOGE was reportedly accompanied by US Marshals and—after a call to the DC police—were assisted by the DC Metropolitan police."

#Musk #Trump #DOGE #purges #fascism #authoritarianism #diversity #DEI #USIP
/5

"Rachel Maddow reported on Monday evening about two disturbing instances in which DOGE hackers effectively forced their way into government agencies with the help of armed escorts. In the latest instance, the US Institute for Peace—an independent agency created by Congress—resisted the efforts of DOGE staff to enter the building."

~ Robert B. Hubbell

#Musk #Trump #DOGE #purges #fascism #authoritarianism #diversity #DEI #USIP
/4

https://roberthubbell.substack.com/p/yes-we-still-have-a-constitutional

"The U.S. Institute for Peace announced Monday that despite being independent of the executive branch and controlling its own building and the land it sits on, their objections to members of Elon Musk's DOGE team trespassing in their building were overridden by D.C. police. That came after an earlier confrontation in which DOGE was accompanied by the FBI."

~ Will Sommer

#Musk #Trump #DOGE #purges #fascism #authoritarianism #diversity #DEI #USIP
/3

https://www.thebulwark.com/p/maga-brocasters-grow-suspicious-of-the-jews-joe-rogan-theo-von-antisemitism

"With apparent help from the FBI and DC police, DOGE took over the independent U.S. Institute of Peace on Monday in a surreal scene that spilled out onto city sidewalks."

~ David Kurtz

#Musk #Trump #DOGE #purges #fascism #authoritarianism #diversity #DEI #USIP
/2

https://morningmemo.talkingpointsmemo.com/p/showdown-between-trump-and-the-courts

"The U.S. Institute for Peace announced Monday that despite being independent of the executive branch and controlling its own building and the land it sits on, their objections to members of Elon Musk's DOGE team trespassing in their building were overridden by D.C. police. That came after an earlier confrontation in which DOGE was accompanied by the FBI."

~ Rachel Maddow

#Musk #Trump #DOGE #purges #fascism #authoritarianism #diversity #DEI #USIP
/1

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/independent-agency-ceo-doge-has-broken-into-our-building-234654789971

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5rl9Lszt-I

#PowerdByRainbows

Which Companies Are Ending #LGBTQIAplus :pride: :anqueer_flag: Support?

#Fortune500 #DEI #Discrimination #SaveYourMoney

#ClassActionLawsuit Hopefully

«In the 1st few months of his presidency, #Trump has augmentd the “#Palestine exception” – that amorphous but consequential social limitation of #FirstAmendment that enables suppression of pro-Palestine/anti-Zionist speech – with an “Israel exception” from #DEI prohibitions. In effect, promotion of #Israel’s nationl narrative not only remains exempt from the wholesale attack on DEI, but also functions as a weapon used 2 attack people & communities previously protected»

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/16/palestinian-exception-trump-campus-speech-zionist-jews#Echobox=1742124253

ich wünsche mir, dass sich jeder noch ernst zu nehmende Politiker der #CDU / CSU von diesem unglaublichen
#NGO_GesinnungsTest distanziert.

Eine Selbst-hinterfragung der "christlichen" Parteien wäre angebracht .. wie dies im Correctiv-Artikel schon anklingt.

https://correctiv.org/aktuelles/trump-und-europa/2025/03/12/geld-macht-kampagnen-der-lange-arm-von-team-trump-2/

#causa551
#551fragen

zudem bitte ich um Klarstellung bzgl. #DEI und #Maga_plot #project25

Jede Verbindung z.b. der #UnionStiftung zu #HeritageFoundation et. al ist gründlich zu hinterfragen

#OpenScience

Do you want to help preserve the social media accounts of closed DEI programs in the southern US? Do you have some free time right now and don’t mind repetitive tasks of downloading images & pasting descriptions into spreadsheets? I promise you, it goes pretty quickly once you get a system!

Invisible Histories started a program to download and archive DEI programs’ social media content before they are taken down. You are assigned a couple years for a specific DEI office to archive and upload to Google docs. Read more about the program and sign up here: https://bit.ly/DEIAVolunteer

#Activism #DigitalArchives #DEI

Update. "NIH to terminate hundreds of active research grants"
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00703-1

"In an unprecedented move, the US #NIH has begun mass terminations of research grants that fund active scientific projects because they no longer meet “agency priorities.” NIH staff members have been instructed to identify and potentially cancel grants for projects studying transgender populations, #gender identity, diversity, equity and inclusion (#DEI) in the scientific workforce, [or] #environmentaljustice…Grants that allot funding to universities in #China and those related to #climate change are also under scrutiny. 'It’s extremely alarming that grants that have been vetted by the scientific community and deemed important and impactful to understand the world are now being cancelled because of political ideology,' says Lisa Fazio, a cognitive psychologist at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, who studies misinformation. 'For all this talk about free speech, this is direct censorship of scientific research.'"

#Censorship #DefendResearch #Funding #Medicine #Takedowns #Trump #USPol #USPolitics

Update. "On March 7, 2025, we [Stand Up For Science] rally [in Washington DC] to defend science as a public good…We call on policymakers, institutions, and the scientific community to uphold the integrity of science, protect its accessibility, and ensure its benefits serve all people. To achieve this, we seek the following policy actions.
1. Secure and Expand Scientific Funding…
2. End Censorship and Political Interference in Science…
3. Defend Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility in Science."
https://standupforscience2025.org/our-policy-goals/

#Censorship #DefendResearch #DEI #Takedowns #Trump #USPol #USPolitics

Update. Statement from #TheLancet in response to recent US executive orders
https://www.thelancet.com/editorial-policies#anchor10

"The Lancet Group will be making no changes to our editorial policies regarding withdrawal, authorship change, inclusive language, or retraction. Ahead of publication, the withdrawal of submitted papers and authorship changes will only generally be considered if the written agreement of all authors is received. The Lancet Group will continue to recommend the use of inclusive language, accepting authors’ ultimate choice of terminology when it is scientifically accurate and respectful, and will continue to encourage authors to follow the Sex and Gender Equity in Research (SAGER) reporting guidelines. Published papers will only be corrected or retracted when they contain factual errors or if scientific misconduct has taken place. These policies are in line with recently issued guidance from the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors [#ICMJE]."

#Censorship #DefendResearch #DEI #Medicine #ScholComm #Takedowns #Trump #USPol #USPolitics

Update. "Reflections on the Current Moment from SSP’s Board of Directors"
https://www.sspnet.org/community/news/statement-from-the-ssp-board-of-directors/

"The challenges stemming from a shifting U.S. political landscape, which threaten academic freedom, #DEIA (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility) initiatives, the scholarly record, and federal research funding, are affecting the Society for Scholarly Publishing (#SSP) community in multiple ways: mentally, emotionally, physically, and financially…Since we were established in 1978, SSP has intentionally demonstrated an unwavering commitment to building a diverse and inclusive community. We actively infuse our work with equitable values, including providing leadership as a founding member of the Coalition for Diversity and Inclusion in Scholarly Publishing (#C4DISC)."

#Censorship #DefendResearch #DEI #ScholComm #Takedowns #Trump #USPol #USPolitics

"You can't say that in a paper."

Banned Words:

inequalities
inequality
inequitable
inequities
institutional
Igbt
marginalize
marginalized
minorities
minority
multicultural
polarization
political
prejudice
privileges
promoting diversity
race and ethnicity
racial
racial diversity
racial inequality
racial justice
racially
racism
sense of belonging
sexual preferences
social justice
sociocultural
socioeconomic
status
stereotypes
systemic
trauma
under appreciated
under represented
under served
underrepresentation
underrepresented
underserved
undervalued
victim
women
women and underrepresented

#ThisIsFascism #DEI #BannedWords #Banned #Science

"You can't say that in a paper."

Banned Words:

activism
activists
advocacy
advocate
advocates
barrier
barriers
biased
biased toward
biases
biases towards
bipoc
black and latinx
community diversity
community equity
cultural differences
cultural heritage
culturally responsive
disabilities
disability
discriminated
discrimination
discriminatory
diverse backgrounds
diverse communities
diverse community
diverse group
diverse groups
diversified
diversify
diversifying
diversity and inclusion
diversity equity
enhance the diversity
enhancing diversity
equal opportunity
equality
equitable
equity
ethnicity
excluded
female
females
fostering inclusivity
gender
gender diversity
genders
hate speech
excluded
female
females
fostering inclusivity
gender
gender diversity
genders
hate speech
hispanic minority
historically
implicit bias
implicit biases
inclusion
inclusive
inclusiveness
inclusivity
increase diversity
increase the diversity
indigenous community

#ThisIsFascism #DEI #BannedWords #Science

"The project of rallying black communities to support black businesses rests on the idea that if these business owners make money, black people as a whole will share in the economic benefits. But especially in the case of small businesses with small profit margins, it’s very unlikely profits are meaningfully reinvested toward “community” ends. And what if a black business owner lives in a predominantly white community? Problems like these are rarely discussed, let alone adequately addressed.

Further, this line of thinking serves to flatten the very real class differentiation that exists among the black population. The overwhelming majority of black people (as with people of any race) are working-class and will never be entrepreneurs or small business owners. In fact, the class divide among blacks is even larger than that of whites. When a black autoworker loses their job, there is no reservoir of collective black wealth they can tap into for help, no matter how well the black-owned business on their street is doing.

The idea of “black buying power” is another layer to this kind of activism. Again, this concept imagines the black population as a monolithic bloc with unified interests. Political engagement is reduced to the ability to choose one business enterprise over another. The endgame poses no real threat to socioeconomic inequality. Indeed, it’s so harmless that Richard Nixon himself embraced the idea of “black capitalism” instead of economic redistribution."

https://jacobin.com/2025/03/black-workers-public-dei-capitalism

#USA #DOGE #Trump #Musk #Capitalism #DEI

Dear sisters, please don’t give up…

Don’t give up on your dreams.

Don’t give up on your voice.

Don’t give up on your rights.

Don’t give up on your ambitions.

Don’t give up on your professional aspirations.

Don’t give up on your goals.

Don’t give up on your vision.

Don’t give up on your personal growth.

Don’t give up on your authentic self.

Happy International Women's Day!

#iwd2025 #Frauentag #dzieńkobiet #iwd #Weltfrauentag #InternationalWomensDay #leadership #dei #diversity

All boosts appreciated (even from men 😜)

Genuine question for my fellow female-identifying Mastodonians navigating this late-capitalist era:

What is worse: a corporate charade that pays lip service to international women's day without any framework or system to uphold these values, or no charade at all?

#dei #equality #capitalism #feminism #march8

Couldn't be the fact Ross is the bottom of the #consumercapitalism foodchain for shoppers, and even at giveaway prices people can't afford shopping?

This failure to profit is also currently true of Target stores, another discount chain, btw, but a consumer boycott due to the corporation's redaction of their #DEI policies at the #Trump administration's REQUIREMENT, is affecting their Gross.

'Ross Says Even Steep Discounts Aren’t Swaying Worried #AmericanConsumers'

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-04/ross-says-even-steep-discounts-aren-t-swaying-worried-consumers

The Trump administration's "Dear Colleague" letter on #DEI threatens to withhold federal funding from schools that don't abandon diversity, equity and inclusion programs. A legal analysis finds the letter misinterprets law and tramples on free speech:
https://theconversation.com/anti-dei-guidance-from-trump-administration-misinterprets-the-law-and-guts-educators-free-speech-rights-250574
#HigherEd #AcademicChatter

🚨 100 LGBTQ+ intelligence officers fired. Workplace discussions on LGBTQ+ culture seemingly labeled “sexual behavior.” From the Lavender Scare to today’s DEI purge, history is repeating itself. Is this a new wave of workplace exclusion?

📖 Read more: https://archive.lgbt/blog/2025/02/from-security-risk-to-dei-hire-a-century-of-lgbtq-workplace-purges/

#LGBTQ #history #LavenderScare #DEI

Update. @juddlegum and #RebeccaCrosby provide more evidence that the #Trump team is taking down valuable govt pages — this time #OSHA pages on workplace safety — that use #DEI language in ways that have nothing to do with the kind of DEI Trumpists oppose.
https://popular.info/p/in-botched-dei-purge-osha-trashes

For example, they're taking down pages that refer to "diversity of state-specific…regulatory requirements" and "diverse conditions under which EMS responders could work."

PS: It's no accident that this might remind you of the brainless firing of US nuclear security staffers, which Trumpists are still trying to reverse. Autopilot ransacking.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/16/us/politics/trump-national-nuclear-security-administration-employees-firings.html

#BrainlessKeywordSearching #Censorship #DefendResearch #Takedowns #Trump #USPol #USPolitics

Update. "In the initial days of the #Trump administration, officials scoured federal websites for any mention of what they deemed #DEI keywords — terms as generic as “diverse” and “historically” and even “women.” They soon identified reams of some of the country’s most valuable public health data containing some of the targeted words, including language about LGBTQ+ people, and quickly took down much of it — from surveys on obesity and suicide rates to real-time reports on immediate infectious disease threats like bird flu."
https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/399319/trump-cdc-health-data-removed-obesity-suicide

#Censorship #Medicine #Takedowns #USPol #USPolitics

Update The #Trump admin has taken down the #OSTP #NelsonMemo.

It was formerly at this URL.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/08-2022-OSTP-Public-Access-Memo.pdf

You can still find it in the @internetarchive #WaybackMachine, as recently as Jan 18, 2025.
https://web.archive.org/web/20250118021041/https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/08-2022-OSTP-Public-Access-Memo.pdf

We can't tell yet whether it was taken down because Trump officials didn't like the #OpenAccess policies it laid out, didn't like its use of #DEI language — or both.

h/t https://fediscience.org/@jnonfiction@social.coop

#Censorship #Takedowns #USPol #USPolitics

Update. Here's a good use of #GitHub to track textual changes and page takedowns on federal govt web sites since #Trump took office.
https://www.404media.co/github-is-showing-the-trump-administration-scrubbing-government-web-pages-in-real-time/

This project is dedicated to the pages on #DEI. I hope someone launches a similar project on the pages dedicated to science and research.

#Censorship #Takedowns #USPol #USPolitics

Sharpe Way No. 564! ​Occupy Gaza and the Democrat's DEI response? Discussion!

President Trump’s controversial new idea of occupying Gaza has sparked intense debate. Is this colonialism, nation-building, or something else entirely? Do Americans want boots on the ground in the Middle East again? Is this a strategic move or a costly mistake?

#Trump #Gaza #IsraelPalestine #MiddleEast #DEI #Democrats #JimmyDore #BreakingPoints #TYT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgCOeYzzPyc

New historical marker will honor the first large-scale training of Black military officers
#BlackHIstory #Military #history #dei #BHM #blm #militaryhistory
https://www.iowapublicradio.org/ipr-news/2025-02-24/fort-des-moines-black-soldiers-officers-wwi-iowa-history