They are literally saying that this man got the medal of honor because of DEI?
They restored the page on Monday saying that it was part of an “auto-removal” which can only mean that their system automatically removes Black (and women and other racial/ethnic minorities) under the assumption that they are all DEI and thus undeserving of any recognition. Why else would that have appeared in the new url? (That url was preserved in the wayback machine archive.)
It’s not the only example. You already know that Hegseth fired all the top women in the military and removed the Black Chairman of the Joint Chiefs because he believes they are unqualified. They aren’t big, strong, drunk white rapists like he is. Last week it was reported that:
Arlington National Cemetery has begun wiping from its website histories highlighting Black, Hispanic and women veterans. The change is in line with President Trump’s directive to remove references to and support for diversity, equity and inclusion from the federal government.
Maybe if they can get rid of all mention of minorities and women everywhere in world the insecure white wingnuts can finally feel secure that they are the only people who matter.
Articles about the renowned Native American Code Talkers have disappeared from some military websites, with several broken URLs now labeled “DEI.”
Why it matters: From 1942 to 1945, the Navajo Code Talkers were instrumental in every major Marine Corps operation in the Pacific Theater of World War II.
- They were critical to securing America’s victory at Iwo Jima.
Axios identified at least 10 articles mentioning the Code Talkers that had disappeared from the U.S. Army and Department of Defense websites as of Monday.
The Defense department’s URLs were amended with the letters DEI, suggesting they were removed following President Trump’s executive order ending federal diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
- The Internet Archive shows the deleted Army pages were live as recently as November, with many visible until February or March. None are shown with error messages until Trump took office.
Asked about the missing pages, Pentagon Press Secretary John Ullyot replied in a statement: “As Secretary [Pete] Hegseth has said, DEI is dead at the Defense Department. … We are pleased by the rapid compliance across the Department with the directive removing DEI content from all platforms.”
- “In the rare cases that content is removed that is out of the clearly outlined scope of the directive, we instruct components accordingly.”
- The statement did not address whether the Code Talkers are considered divisive DEI figures that “erode camaraderie and threaten mission execution.”