“As Trump Attacks Diversity, a Racist Undercurrent Surfaces” (New York Times, February 3, 2025):
“His attacks on diversity, equity and inclusion aren’t about a particular program or some acronym — they’re just a sanitized substitute for the racist comments that can no longer be spoken openly,” Margaret Huang, the Southern Poverty Law Center’s president and chief executive, said during a call with civil rights leaders after Mr. Trump’s remarks. “But the message is the same, that women, Black and brown communities are inherently less capable, and if they hold positions of power or authority in government or business, it must be because the standards were lowered.”
Let’s check out the person whose official job is saying that our Black and Brown brothers, sisters, and binary-resisters are amply qualified for any job…
My mother is white; my father is Chinese American
source: “Florida should respect all children, not repeat the tragedies of our past” (SPLC; Florida is to progressives as Carthage was to Romans? Maybe Democrats in Congress should start every morning with a group chant of Florida delenda est?)