So-called Anti-Woke, Anti-DEI policy catch-all

[nycfan]

Maryland National Guard out of Frederick Douglass parade after DoD order declares Black History Month ‘dead’​

Maryland National Guard out of Frederick Douglass parade after DoD order

Strict guidance from the national defense department crushed plans for a parade held in honor of Frederick Douglass’ 207th birthday because it was being held during Black History Month.

www.thebaltimorebanner.com

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Strict guidance from the national defense department crushed plans for an Eastern Shore parade held in honor of Frederick Douglass’ 207th birthday because it was being held during Black History Month, according to a memo sent by the Maryland National Guard citing federal policy changes.

The U.S. Department of Defense declared all military departments could not lend resources to any cultural celebrations, including those during Black History Month.

After months of correspondence, Douglass’ extended family received a Feb. 7 memo telling them the Maryland National Guard could not participate. The reason given: “Since this event is organized as part of a Black History Month celebration, the Maryland National Guard cannot support.”

“The Maryland National Guard must decline events which celebrates individuals based all or in part on immutable characteristics,” the memo said. …”

 

[nycfan]

Books mentioning slavery, civil rights removed from shelves at Fort Campbell schools​

Books mentioning slavery, civil rights removed from shelves at Fort Campbell schools - ClarksvilleNow.com

At an elementary school at Fort Campbell, home of the 101st Airborne Division, librarians are hard at work scrubbing the shelves for books that contain references to slavery, the civil rights movement and anything else related to diversity, equity and inclusion.

clarksvillenow.com

“At an elementary school at Fort Campbell, home of the 101st Airborne Division, librarians are hard at work scrubbing the shelves. But they aren’t scrubbing for dust. They’re scrubbing for books that contain references to slavery, the civil rights movement and anything else related to diversity, equity and inclusion.

On Feb. 6, DoDEA (the Department of Defense Education Activity) sent to administrators and school employees at 161 schools around the world a letter “to ensure compliance with executive orders and recent DoD guidance.”

The letter, a copy of which was obtained by Clarksville Now, lays out several new directives. Many of them were expected, including that programs designated for girls “may only be accessed by biological females,” and that signage for restrooms and locker rooms must use terms such as “women” and “men” or “girls” and “boys.”

But the document also bans celebration or promotion of “monthly cultural observances.” This includes the immediate cancellation of any celebrations under way. At Fort Campbell Schools, that meant teachers had to remove all bulletin boards that reference Black History Month and Black leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr., Harriet Tubman and Rosa Parks, according to a source speaking to Clarksville Now on condition of anonymity. Fort Campbell Schools are also canceling plans for Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. There’s no word yet on Women’s History Month, set for March.

Another directive calls for the removal of all books and materials related to “discriminatory equity ideology” during an “operational compliance review.”

Librarians are instructed to ensure any such books are “removed from the student section of the information center and placed in the professional collection.”

… The libraries at Fort Campbell schools are closed to students while staff removes books that could fall under the directive. At one elementary school, that has amounted to hundreds of books in several stacks, filling rolling carts. They have a deadline of Feb. 18.

… Ironically, some of those history books on civil rights might reference the deployment of the 101st Airborne to Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957 to protect Black students during the desegregation of a high school, a pivotal moment in civil rights history.

“It’s very disheartening,” the source said. “I don’t know where else it’s going to go.” “

 

[Geisterfahrer]

I guess they’ll do a big bonfire to dispose of the books?

 

[Mulberry Heel]

Books mentioning slavery, civil rights removed from shelves at Fort Campbell schools​

Books mentioning slavery, civil rights removed from shelves at Fort Campbell schools - ClarksvilleNow.com

At an elementary school at Fort Campbell, home of the 101st Airborne Division, librarians are hard at work scrubbing the shelves for books that contain references to slavery, the civil rights movement and anything else related to diversity, equity and inclusion.

clarksvillenow.com

“At an elementary school at Fort Campbell, home of the 101st Airborne Division, librarians are hard at work scrubbing the shelves. But they aren’t scrubbing for dust. They’re scrubbing for books that contain references to slavery, the civil rights movement and anything else related to diversity, equity and inclusion.

On Feb. 6, DoDEA (the Department of Defense Education Activity) sent to administrators and school employees at 161 schools around the world a letter “to ensure compliance with executive orders and recent DoD guidance.”

The letter, a copy of which was obtained by Clarksville Now, lays out several new directives. Many of them were expected, including that programs designated for girls “may only be accessed by biological females,” and that signage for restrooms and locker rooms must use terms such as “women” and “men” or “girls” and “boys.”

But the document also bans celebration or promotion of “monthly cultural observances.” This includes the immediate cancellation of any celebrations under way. At Fort Campbell Schools, that meant teachers had to remove all bulletin boards that reference Black History Month and Black leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr., Harriet Tubman and Rosa Parks, according to a source speaking to Clarksville Now on condition of anonymity. Fort Campbell Schools are also canceling plans for Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. There’s no word yet on Women’s History Month, set for March.

Another directive calls for the removal of all books and materials related to “discriminatory equity ideology” during an “operational compliance review.”

Librarians are instructed to ensure any such books are “removed from the student section of the information center and placed in the professional collection.”

… The libraries at Fort Campbell schools are closed to students while staff removes books that could fall under the directive. At one elementary school, that has amounted to hundreds of books in several stacks, filling rolling carts. They have a deadline of Feb. 18.

… Ironically, some of those history books on civil rights might reference the deployment of the 101st Airborne to Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957 to protect Black students during the desegregation of a high school, a pivotal moment in civil rights history.

“It’s very disheartening,” the source said. “I don’t know where else it’s going to go.” “

Seriously, this is exactly the type of shit you'd see happening in the old Soviet Union or Nazi Germany. The only thing that is different is that they're not openly burning the books in public bonfires - yet.

 

[farce©]

I believe the term is “whitewashing.”

 

[altmin]

Apparently freckles are DEI now or something.

god, we live in stupid times.

https://www.jezebel.com/yes-the-real-threat-to-our-nation-is-freckleface-strawberry

 

[MOUNTAINH33L]

Fucking shameful shit right here. The sad part is roughly half of our fellow countrymen are 100% down with this bullshit.

 

[finesse]

Well, two of Trump's most popular achievements are "renaming the Gulf of Mexico" and declaring there are only two genders. Seems a bit preposterous since about 24000 out of 620,000 square miles of that gulf are in our territorial waters and there is clear evidence that gender is not either or.

As best as I can tell, both have cost us money, made us look stupid and gained us nothing at all.

 

[Centerpiece]

Fucking shameful shit right here. The sad part is roughly half of our fellow countrymen are 100% down with this bullshit.

Maybe not half… more like 1/3… but it is shameful.
(Basing the .33 on the fact that 36% didn’t vote at all and about 31% voted against him. Don’t quote me on those #’s but it’s something like that. I’m hoping the 36% of registered voters who didn’t vote at all aren’t 100% down with this bullshit.

 

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[nycfan]

If this were all the Trump anti-DEI policy meant, then it would be reasonable to debate but I think would be broadly popular:



Sadly, I think a lot of what is being described as anti-DEI is an obvious whitewashing policy to try to return the military and senior positions throughout government to a mostly conservative white male province.

 

[ZenMode]

I believe the term is “whitewashing.”

Malicious Compliance.

 

[nycfan]

Related:

ICE PROSECUTOR IN DALLAS RUNS WHITE SUPREMACIST X ACCOUNT​

ICE Prosecutor in Dallas Runs White Supremacist X Account

The Observer has identified the operator of “GlomarResponder,” an overtly racist social media account, as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom...

www.texasobserver.org

The Observer has identified the operator of “GlomarResponder,” an overtly racist social media account, as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation

“…
Since GlomarResponder was first created in 2012, the account has posted hateful, xenophobic, and pro-fascist content. “America is a White nation, founded by Whites. … Our country should favor us,” GlomarResponder wrote last month. “All blacks are foreign to my people, dumb fuck,” the account postedin September of last year. “Freedom of association hasn’t existed in this country since 1964 at the absolute latest,” GlomarResponder wrote four months prior, further clarifying the post was referring to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in a reply to a comment. “I’m not a commie, I’m a fascist,” GlomarResponder posteda couple weeks later. “Fascists solve communist problems. Get your insults right, retard.”

In August, GlomarResponder posted: “‘Migrants’ are all criminals.” Two months later, GlomarResponder shared an image that reads: “It is our holy duty to guard against the foreign hordes.” Some GlomarResponder posts evoke anti-immigrant violence: “Nobody is proposing feeding migrants into tree shredders,” the account posted in March 2024. “Yet. Give it a few more weeks at this level of invasion, and that will be the moderate position.” And in January: “My WWII vet grandfather didn’t get a chance to kill asians, so he volunteered for Korea. He’d be asking for a short term job with ICE kicking doors and swinging a baton.” …”

 

[nycfan]

Bluesky

bsky.app

“Some U.S. Food and Drug Administration scientists have been told to stop using the words "woman," "disabled" and "elderly" in external communications, two sources familiar with the matter said, part of a list of banned terms that a White House spokesman said had misinterpreted President Donald Trump's executive order.

A list with the file name "Prohibited words" has been circulating since at least last week in official work chats, according to two FDA scientists with direct knowledge of the matter who requested anonymity for fear of professional repercussions.

… The list circulating within the FDA and reviewed by Reuters is broader [than another one circulated at CDC that focused on LGBTQ terms] and includes words such as underrepresented, underserved, understudied, sex, identity, diverse, women, woman, promote, definition, continuum, ideology, self-assessed, special populations, elderly and disabled. It was not accompanied with an explanation.

… The White House spokesman told Reuters that most of the words on the FDA list didn't need to be removed from communications. He said that an error may have resulted from FDA officials [DOGE commissars?] misinterpreting Trump's executive order against "gender ideology."

The spokesman said the FDA does need to prohibit use of the words gender, inclusion, identity, diversity, inter, intersex, equity, equitable, transgender and trans to comply with the order. “

 

[nycfan]

Catholic universities scrambling amid Trump's diversity crackdown

The Department of Education is threatening the federal funding of any school, including Catholic ones, that considers race in any aspect of student life. Already, 185 students are losing scholarship money from a canceled $6.8 million grant that attempted to address teacher shortages in Minnesota.

www.ncronline.org

 

[nycfan]

Catholic universities scrambling amid Trump's diversity crackdown

The Department of Education is threatening the federal funding of any school, including Catholic ones, that considers race in any aspect of student life. Already, 185 students are losing scholarship money from a canceled $6.8 million grant that attempted to address teacher shortages in Minnesota.

www.ncronline.org

“…The Department of Education letter broadly interprets the U.S. Supreme Court decisiongutting affirmative action in college admissions, Students for Fair Admissionsv. Harvard, saying it means schools cannot use race "in decisions pertaining to admissions, hiring, promotion, compensation, financial aid, scholarships, prizes, administrative support, discipline, housing, graduation ceremonies, and all other aspects of student, academic, and campus life."

The Feb. 14 letter, signed by Craig Trainor, the education department's acting assistant secretary for civil rights, was sent to preschool, elementary, secondary and post-secondary institutions. Although it is likely to face legal challenges, it has sent a chill through the entire education field, and Catholic higher education institutions in particular.

… Yet she recognizes the financial threats, as some Catholic institutions have a significant number of students who rely on federal Pell grants to fund their education. Cuts to federal funding for medical research from the National Institutes of Health also will likely affect Catholic institutions.

Already, some schools have moved to using the words "belonging," "dignity" and "justice," instead of diversity, equity or inclusion, to describe a more Catholic approach. …”

 

[nycfan]

“…The Department of Education letter broadly interprets the U.S. Supreme Court decisiongutting affirmative action in college admissions, Students for Fair Admissionsv. Harvard, saying it means schools cannot use race "in decisions pertaining to admissions, hiring, promotion, compensation, financial aid, scholarships, prizes, administrative support, discipline, housing, graduation ceremonies, and all other aspects of student, academic, and campus life."

The Feb. 14 letter, signed by Craig Trainor, the education department's acting assistant secretary for civil rights, was sent to preschool, elementary, secondary and post-secondary institutions. Although it is likely to face legal challenges, it has sent a chill through the entire education field, and Catholic higher education institutions in particular.

… Yet she recognizes the financial threats, as some Catholic institutions have a significant number of students who rely on federal Pell grants to fund their education. Cuts to federal funding for medical research from the National Institutes of Health also will likely affect Catholic institutions.

Already, some schools have moved to using the words "belonging," "dignity" and "justice," instead of diversity, equity or inclusion, to describe a more Catholic approach. …”

Belonging, dignity and justice — I like the sound of that. Search and replace DEI and its components with BDJ and its components and keep chugging?

 

[WaynetheDrain]

Let's be clear on one thing: The Trump administration is NOT trying to eliminate Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion initiatives.

They are trying to eliminate Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.

There is a difference.

 

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[nycfan]

Parents at Army base in Stuttgart say students grappling with new school rules

Read more at: Parents at Army base in Stuttgart say students grappling with new school rules
Source - Stars and Stripes

“… One of the big challenges DODEA schools are facing is threading the needle when it comes to broadly worded directives.

… Col. Kirk Alexander, the Stuttgart garrison commander, cautioned against attempts to “rebrand” pictures, which he said could be seen as an attempt to evade compliance with regulations.

For example, Alexander recently canceled a planned Irish American heritage run and rejected a suggestion to rename it “the leprechaun run.”

“We’ve got to be in compliance with the policies coming down, and it takes some time (to figure out how),” Alexander said.

Given the generalized wording of the recent executive orders are, educators are forced to navigate through gray zones.

If schools go too far, they could be accused of “malicious compliance,” or undermining the intent of the directive.

That was the accusation leveled against the Air Force by a Republican U.S. senator from Alabama after the service removed a training video about the Tuskegee Airmen in connection with a review into diversity, equity and inclusion material.

… [After GOP Senators complained this was malicious over-compliance to make the directive look bad] The video has since been restored.

At the same time, schools that take an overly cautious approach to implementing Pentagon orders could face accusations of slow-rolling mandates. …”