Trump's America without DEI? A return to the racial caste system

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Trump’s America without DEI? A return to the racial caste system
To save democracy from Trump, look to Black history

By Dr. Alvin B. Tillery
Founder of the Alliance for Black Equality
Published February 20, 2025 5:30AM (EST)


Underscoring the backwards meaning of “Make America Great Again,” the Trump administration is touting the president’s executive order terminating diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives in the federal government as the “most important federal civil rights measure in decades.” The saying “history repeats itself” is particularly fitting in our current moment, because the reality is Trump’s war on DEI is reminiscent of Jim Crow era efforts to subjugate Black people. Make no mistake, the goal is to destroy the multiracial democracy that was painstakingly built in the 1960s.

These blatant attempts to usurp decades of civil rights gains call for a coordinated resistance.To structure such a resistance, we can turn to the very history that shaped it — the Black freedom struggle. By looking to the Civil Rights Movement, we find a blueprint that outlines how, today, we can mobilize our communities, advocate for change, and use state power to initiate progress.

The fight for Democracy must be waged on all fronts

The Black freedom struggle was a success because it never relied on a single approach. Instead, it waged battles across the legal, political, and social fronts. Activists filed lawsuits, lobbied elected officials, staged mass protests and built grassroots coalitions that made their demands impossible to ignore. Today, as Trump and his allies work to undermine democracy, activists must adopt a similarly comprehensive strategy. Legal challenges to voter suppression and racial discrimination must be paired with mass mobilization. Civil society organizations must hold corporations, universities, and local governments accountable for their commitments to racial justice. Every institution must be engaged in the fight because every institution is at risk. If multiracial democracy is to survive in America, the resistance movement cannot be confined to election cycles — it must be relentless and multifaceted.

Confront power with moral clarity

The Civil Rights Movement did not wait for favorable conditions to act—it created them. Protesters faced brutal opposition, including violence, imprisonment, and even assassination attempts. Yet they persisted, disrupting the status quo and forcing the nation to reckon with injustice. Their courage inspired millions, transforming a struggle that once seemed impossible into an undeniable political force. .......................(more)

https://www.salon.com/2025/02/20/trumps-america-without-dei-a-return-to-the-racial-caste-system/

[Lovie777]

1. One thing the greedy cherish above all..................

money and power, money 1st. POC contributes bigly.

[FakeNoose]

2. Minorities and women are being unfairly "fired" from government jobs also

They will be replaced by white males who only have one qualification - they're MAGA toadies.

[somsai]

3. Thankfully we have the civil rights act which protects us

The act and all of it's various Titles are worth a read.
https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/civil-rights-act