New article: Records show how DOGE planned Trump’s DEI purge — and who gets fired next

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https://wapo.st/4jVWqEd

Posted this in jobs and careers and it got deleted - sorry if it's been posted, but I had not seen it. This goes into a lot of detail about how DOGE was set up and operated to target DEI offices in the federal government and how they are targeting EEO offices next. The third phase is basically a witch hunt against anyone involved in DEI activities - even though a lot of those activities and training were encouraged. And some of the training was mandatory (at least in my org).

I find it unconscionable that all of Congress is not calling for this to stop. EEO offices are legally mandated. And employees should not be penalized for taking required training or participating in sponsored activities that were encouraged in prior Administrations.

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Anyone involved in racist and exclusionary programs should be removed and terminated. This is a voluntary position; no one is forced to take it. I don’t want individuals with this mindset managing any part of the federal government.

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone involved in racist and exclusionary programs should be removed and terminated. This is a voluntary position; no one is forced to take it. I don’t want individuals with this mindset managing any part of the federal government.

If by racist and exclusionary, you mean considering candidates who aren’t strictly the usual mediocre white men, then a lot of people are guilty. Double if you count the people who hired veterans based on the heavy preference they get in the hiring process.

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To be clear, firing all probationaries in all departments and agencies has nothing to do with government efficiency (DOGE's mission), with improving IT (USDS's mission), or with removing DEI (the "actual" goal).

Firing huge numbers of the federal workforce and replacing some of them with AI is a tech bro libertarian dream. This is not what Republicans voted for. And it's not what Musk is authorized to do.

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone involved in racist and exclusionary programs should be removed and terminated. This is a voluntary position; no one is forced to take it. I don’t want individuals with this mindset managing any part of the federal government.[/quote

So an employee who participated in a work-sponsored workshop on inclusion at work should be fired?

But i am sure white supremacists managing the gov that’s ok for you (and i am even white).

Nobody should be fired for having attended training. Nobody should be fired unless they broke the law. What’s this? China during the cultural revolution? What’s next, people dragged and forced to recite an “apology” before a crowd?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anyone involved in racist and exclusionary programs should be removed and terminated. This is a voluntary position; no one is forced to take it. I don’t want individuals with this mindset managing any part of the federal government.[/quote

So an employee who participated in a work-sponsored workshop on inclusion at work should be fired?

But i am sure white supremacists managing the gov that’s ok for you (and i am even white).

Nobody should be fired for having attended training. Nobody should be fired unless they broke the law. What’s this? China during the cultural revolution? What’s next, people dragged and forced to recite an “apology” before a crowd?

A friend of mine from China says current events are very similar to Mao's early days.

I thought DEI stuff was getting a bit excessive but this is pure insanity.

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone involved in racist and exclusionary programs should be removed and terminated. This is a voluntary position; no one is forced to take it. I don’t want individuals with this mindset managing any part of the federal government.

I agree that anyone involved in racist and exclusionary practices has any business being in government. Except that's the exact opposite of what DEI is.

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Doesn't DEI include 508 compliancy? You know, the push to make everything accessible and inclusive to audio/visually impaired people? Will people be fired for coding documents to be read by assistive technology or making things extra legible and high contrast for colorblind people?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Anyone involved in racist and exclusionary programs should be removed and terminated. This is a voluntary position; no one is forced to take it. I don’t want individuals with this mindset managing any part of the federal government.

But it was ok for that DOGE staffer to get rehired when he was tweeting blatantly racist comments only six months ago? I see your party's hypocrisy and find it disgusting. Eff off.

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Anonymous wrote:Doesn't DEI include 508 compliancy? You know, the push to make everything accessible and inclusive to audio/visually impaired people? Will people be fired for coding documents to be read by assistive technology or making things extra legible and high contrast for colorblind people?

POTUS and co. dropped the “A” (A for accessibility). POTUS does not describe it as D-E-I-A” They dropped A on purpose.

We still like ADA laws. Although I am not sure how the rollbacks of the Civil Rights Act affect disabled peoples and who is talking about that. Seems
important to me

[Anonymous]

I don't know about jobs, etc. but I am happy that biological men are banned from women's sports. That was a mockery and wrong at every single level. Feel anyway you wants, identify anyway you want, dress anyway you like, and choose whatever relationship you want to be in, but stay away from women's sports. That part I am happy about.

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Anonymous wrote:Doesn't DEI include 508 compliancy? You know, the push to make everything accessible and inclusive to audio/visually impaired people? Will people be fired for coding documents to be read by assistive technology or making things extra legible and high contrast for colorblind people?

People will be fired if they have ever expressed any semblance of sympathy, empathy, or basic consideration for other humans.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't know about jobs, etc. but I am happy that biological men are banned from women's sports. That was a mockery and wrong at every single level. Feel anyway you wants, identify anyway you want, dress anyway you like, and choose whatever relationship you want to be in, but stay away from women's sports. That part I am happy about.

Why not let the states decide? /s

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone involved in racist and exclusionary programs should be removed and terminated. This is a voluntary position; no one is forced to take it. I don’t want individuals with this mindset managing any part of the federal government.

DEIA is literally inclusionary. I work for a super diverse organization and my colleagues who are mostly people of color appreciate our organization's DEI efforts. We are better for it and it helps us be better at servicing a very diverse population.

The people I see who hate DEIA seem to both live and work in very white bubbles.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Doesn't DEI include 508 compliancy? You know, the push to make everything accessible and inclusive to audio/visually impaired people? Will people be fired for coding documents to be read by assistive technology or making things extra legible and high contrast for colorblind people?

POTUS and co. dropped the “A” (A for accessibility). POTUS does not describe it as D-E-I-A” They dropped A on purpose.

We still like ADA laws. Although I am not sure how the rollbacks of the Civil Rights Act affect disabled peoples and who is talking about that. Seems
important to me

POTUS fired 508 compliance folks. He has also rescinded all ADA accommodations.