Mara Gay: ‘I Wish We Would Stop Saying DEI,’ It Reminds Americans of ‘Annoying Trainings that You Have at Work’

Wallace Pete Hegseth also ░░░░░░░░ in book purges at ░░░░░░░░ military schools This is ░░░░░░░░ HuffPost reporting on that ░░░░░░░░ runs 161 schools worldwide ░░░░░░░░ provide K 12 education ░░░░░░░░ more than 67 000 ░░░░░░░░ of people in the ░░░░░░░░ S Military It too ░░░░░░░░ to comply with Donald ░░░░░░░░ s executive orders to ░░░░░░░░ agencies to eradicate programs ░░░░░░░░ to diversity equity and ░░░░░░░░ After DoDEA last month ░░░░░░░░ at schools to pull ░░░░░░░░ from its curriculum related ░░░░░░░░ immigration gender and sexuality ░░░░░░░░ schools responded with things ░░░░░░░░ book bans a portrait ░░░░░░░░ former First Lady Michelle ░░░░░░░░ being removed a Harriet ░░░░░░░░ poster being pulled down ░░░░░░░░ being taken down in ░░░░░░░░ classrooms and bans on ░░░░░░░░ clubs for LGBTQ plus ░░░░░░░░ and girls in STEM ░░░░░░░░ J D Vance s ░░░░░░░░ Hillbilly Elegy was also ░░░░░░░░ GAY Well Pete Hegseth ░░░░░░░░ a man who advocated ░░░░░░░░ the firing of the ░░░░░░░░ Chiefs of Staff General ░░░░░░░░ who Hegseth said was ░░░░░░░░ simply essentially based on ░░░░░░░░ fact that he was ░░░░░░░░ American and has replaced ░░░░░░░░ with somebody of a ░░░░░░░░ rank by the way ░░░░░░░░ s a white man ░░░░░░░░ so I think we ░░░░░░░░ take these individuals the ░░░░░░░░ and his team at ░░░░░░░░ word We saw already ░░░░░░░░ Project 2025 as Basil ░░░░░░░░ that what they promised ░░░░░░░░ are delivering specifically to ░░░░░░░░ Heritage Foundation I also ░░░░░░░░ it s an important ░░░░░░░░ I wish we would ░░░░░░░░ saying DEI because every ░░░░░░░░ hears DEI and you ░░░░░░░░ about the annoying trainings ░░░░░░░░ you have at work ░░░░░░░░ know that s very ░░░░░░░░ to kind of poke ░░░░░░░░ at that Some of ░░░░░░░░ are fine some of ░░░░░░░░ are just you know ░░░░░░░░ hassle for Americans What ░░░░░░░░ re actually talking about ░░░░░░░░ from the White House ░░░░░░░░ an anti civil rights ░░░░░░░░ it s an anti ░░░░░░░░ agenda it s an ░░░░░░░░ feminist agenda it s ░░░░░░░░ LGBTQ agenda and it ░░░░░░░░ an attack on the ░░░░░░░░ that America is a ░░░░░░░░ and multiracial democracy And ░░░░░░░░ think we should be ░░░░░░░░ specific with our language ░░░░░░░░ kind of can be ░░░░░░░░ And so I think ░░░░░░░░ should call them out ░░░░░░░░ this I mean this ░░░░░░░░ not happening in a ░░░░░░░░ at the Pentagon either ░░░░░░░░ s a good reason ░░░░░░░░ talk about that But ░░░░░░░░ this week we saw ░░░░░░░░ rescinding of a decades ░░░░░░░░ order that required and ░░░░░░░░ equal opportunity in government ░░░░░░░░ So yes it s ░░░░░░░░ true that those contractors ░░░░░░░░ to abide by the ░░░░░░░░ Rights Act But to ░░░░░░░░ that s a clear ░░░░░░░░ extremely disturbing signal that ░░░░░░░░ Trump Administration s Department ░░░░░░░░ Justice has absolutely no ░░░░░░░░ on enforcing the Civil ░░░░░░░░ Act of 1964 That ░░░░░░░░ what I take from ░░░░░░░░ I don t believe ░░░░░░░░ s alarmist I also ░░░░░░░░ think that it s ░░░░░░░░ know when people are ░░░░░░░░ history the accomplishments of ░░░░░░░░ of various backgrounds who ░░░░░░░░ this country what it ░░░░░░░░ from the code talkers ░░░░░░░░ women in the military ░░░░░░░░ the African Americans who ░░░░░░░░ for this country even ░░░░░░░░ they didn t have ░░░░░░░░ rights at home we ░░░░░░░░ be extremely skeptical of ░░░░░░░░ narrative They re not ░░░░░░░░ the truth They want ░░░░░░░░ keep the truth from ░░░░░░░░ Why is that What ░░░░░░░░ they so afraid of ░░░░░░░░ of this is about ░░░░░░░░ return I believe to ░░░░░░░░ America in which specifically ░░░░░░░░ men were able to ░░░░░░░░ from exclude competition from ░░░░░░░░ else And I think ░░░░░░░░ should be extremely skeptical ░░░░░░░░ only of that effort ░░░░░░░░ we should be asking ░░░░░░░░ well what was America ░░░░░░░░ What was hiring like ░░░░░░░░ government and in the ░░░░░░░░ sector before the Civil ░░░░░░░░ Act Before these executive ░░░░░░░░ Because it wasn t ░░░░░░░░ meritocracy What it was ░░░░░░░░ an exclusive hold that ░░░░░░░░ white men had on ░░░░░░░░ And so undergirding this ░░░░░░░░ a very dark idea ░░░░░░░░ to be competent is ░░░░░░░░ be a white man ░░░░░░░░ to be a straight ░░░░░░░░ white man I mean ░░░░░░░░ is extremely dark And ░░░░░░░░ just have to say ░░░░░░░░ on a personal note ░░░░░░░░ mean it s painful ░░░░░░░░ see the erasure of ░░░░░░░░ course Jackie Robinson and ░░░░░░░░ whose histories are being ░░░░░░░░ down from these government ░░░░░░░░ not just at the ░░░░░░░░ but you know my ░░░░░░░░ were Marines They served ░░░░░░░░ Vietnam They are buried ░░░░░░░░ Arlington Cemetery One of ░░░░░░░░ died in 2013 from ░░░░░░░░ cancer he got from ░░░░░░░░ Orange while in the ░░░░░░░░ of Vietnam And I ░░░░░░░░ you know ancestors who ░░░░░░░░ literally drum majors in ░░░░░░░░ Union Army So to ░░░░░░░░ s point black Americans ░░░░░░░░ others have been part ░░░░░░░░ this country since before ░░░░░░░░ was a country And ░░░░░░░░ need to talk about ░░░░░░░░ I think You know ░░░░░░░░ needs to be an ░░░░░░░░ to talk about what ░░░░░░░░ are actually asking and ░░░░░░░░ for We don t ░░░░░░░░ to use their language.”