Members stevenkesslar Posted February 16 Members Posted February 16 DOGE, Education Department threaten states’ funding if they don’t cut DEI programs A letter penned by the Education Department and posted to X by DOGE gives state education departments 14 days to comply. Remember, children. Don't say Gay. You may not even have a school to go to if you open your dirty queer mouths. Let's start with the recklessness and chaos. When an incompetent DOGE coder breaks the law, according to a judge, and also says "normalize Indian hate" and "I was racist before racist was cool," we really want to be thoughtful and gentle. Meanwhile, every school in America should strip their classrooms and practices of anything that might encourage "diversity, racial balancing, social justice, or equity." In 14 days. It is "illegal". Piece of cake. Have it done in a few hours. And, please children. Please remember. DO NOT SAY GAY! This is censorship. They are telling schools they can not teach about "gender ideology" or "critical race theory". I've read plenty of right wingers who thing LGBTQ activism, or even LGBTQ existence, is some kind of warped "gender ideology". Teaching slavery? That could easily be defined as "critical race theory". Illegal. I'm hoping "normalize Indian hate" would also be viewed as illegal, since it could unfairly advantage Trump's special interest White billionaire donors. But don't count on it. This is yet another illegal and over the top way of saying racism, homophobia, and inequity are just fine. If we are spending our tax dollars wisely, and doing what voters want, it is very clear that we need to strip the government of Musk, and any spending on anything Musk is doing. The White House should be defunded if President Musk and First Lady Trump do not comply with what voters want in 14 days. They won't, of course. And on this one, I am delighted. Please. Attack DEI. Tell the whole world to shut the fuck about this Gay bullshit. Musk will kill DEI babies in Africa. When they get around to Medicaid cuts, they will kill DEI grandmothers with diabetes in Harlem. They will also kill both DEI and White fentanyl addicts who rely on Medicaid for treatment. Treatment funded by Medicaid is one of the big reasons Biden reversed the trend and fentanyl deaths were decreasing. The likely Republican Medicaid cuts may be one reason stupid and incompetent Tom Homan fails again, like he did last time. And fentanyl deaths will soar under Trump 2.0, just like they did during Trump 1.0. Those are the things I hope Democrats go to war over. And we already know hypocritical Republicans who said they wanted misery and pain are now being pussies because their constituents are now starting to freak out and try to prevent it. As far as DEI goes, let the axe rip. Who the fuck cares about dead DEI babies in Africa, anyway? Actually,USAID is viewed more favorably than Musk. But, surely, working class America does not care about some Gay professor or radical Black lesbian who is getting uppity about racism. Force them to shut their fucking dirty mouths. I do hope they stop short of hanging Gay activists in Harvard Square. But maybe throw a few of them in jail at least, to teach them to respect President Musk's authority. Burn some books. Burning books is bad. But better that than kill people. I have two motivations. One, a lot of what is called DEI or DEI training sucks. I will repeat. It sucks. It is performative, and changes nothing. Pushing sound homeownership for Black working class families changes something. As Clinton proved, it vastly increases intergenerational wealth. Which helps families of all races pay for college. Clinton did it the right way, as Teixeira argues. Do it for ALL working class people of ALL races. I spent Thanksgiving with one wing of my family who are 100 % Harris voters and 100 % academics. They almost gleefully noted that DEI is probably dead. So they won't have to go to stupid DEI trainings anymore. If Trump used this as a political cudgel and gradually eased out DEI trainings, he might have the majority of academia on his side. So I would much rather he do it this way. Lawlessly, recklessly, chaotically, and with utter contempt - stated in writing even - for social justice, efforts to address racism, and diversity. Thank you, President Musk! Thank you, First lady Trump. This is a gift. The other motivation is it probably hurts Trump with younger Blacks who actually are gradually becoming more conservative. I forget which Black academic said it. But his point a few decades ago was that a lot of Blacks are conservative (duh!) and would vote Republican, if Republicans were not so damn racist. Well, having a Republican Senator like Tim Scott sends a very different message. So the Blacks who have gradually been voting more Republican for years tend to be younger and more educated. That's from 2020, when Votecast says 91 % of Blacks voted for Biden. And, of course, he won. In 2024 Hartis got 83 % of the Black vote, according to Votecast, and she lost. In 2020, and for several elections prior, the trend among Blacks was exactly counter to the trend of Whites. Who are now increasingly Democratic the younger and more educated they are. (More education does not mean better educated, it just means more years of education as I use it.) With 2024 it's not clear yet, since concern about prices may have encouraged more older Blacks to support Trump as well. It unquestionably led more younger Whites, Blacks, and Hispanics to support Trump. I can't imagine that a full frontal chaotic attack on DEI, racial rebalancing, social justice, and equity is going to help Republicans welcome Blacks, or any minority, to their new working class party. But why would they care? They oppose "racial balancing" and "diversity" anyway. Putting the interests of cruel special interest White billionaire donors first is just fine. Some of them were even racist before racist was cool Perception is reality. My guess is this is the equivalent of slamming the door shut and saying, "Get the fuck out. We don't care. We don't want to hear about it. And we sure as fuck don't want it taught in classrooms." Sorry, President Musk and First Lady Trump. Most of America disagrees. Note that a whopping 0 % of Blacks and 8 % of Hispanics think we teach "too much" about the history of Blacks in America. Only 16 % of Whites think we teach "too much" about Black history. DEI (45/36 favorable) is viewed far more favorably than Elon Musk (42/52 unfavorable). Only 9 % of Blacks, 24 % of Hispanics, and 43 % of Whites view DEI unfavorably. I'm pretty sure those are mostly conservatives Trump has, anyway. Including the "I was racist before racist was cool" crowd. Democrats, or progressives, or woke people, did overreach. Four years ago I was intellectually torn between Ibram Kendi's anti-racism and John McWhorter's reaction against it. McWhorter said he was a liberal Democrat. But he argued that he was being more practical than partisan. Mostly he felt like this will not help matters in the long run. I think we now know he was mostly right. And I don't count, anyway. Because I vote and donate Democratic and have engaged in possibly "illegal" LGBTQ activism. Even in college! Now MAGA is overreaching. If this is our new and improved culture war, I think the Republicans are going to lose it. I can't see how this welcomes Blacks, Hispanics, Asian Americans, Gays, or anyone into the new and improved working class Musk Party. Killing DEI babies in Africa and DEI grandmothers in Harlem thanks to Medicaid cuts will just be additional pain and misery. Oh, and one last thought in my rant: The real Trump U did end in bankruptcy. 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